The Argentine Football Association (AFA) suspended this Monday the ninth day of the Professional League, which runs from Thursday, March 5 to Sunday, March 8, days in which the leadership of the organization must appear to testify before Justice in the context of a case that is investigating them for the alleged illegal withholding of pension contributions and other taxes.
The members of the Executive Committee of the Professional League unanimously requested this Monday “suspend date 9 of LPF, which runs from Thursday, March 5 to Sunday, March 8 and the rest of the categories,” according to an official statement from the AFA.
The complaint and those affected
The measurement occurs “in repudiation” to the complaint made by the Customs Collection and Control Agency (ARCA) against the AFA, for an alleged maneuver of more than $19,300 million pesos (16,300 euros) linked to tax withholdings and social security contributions.
A ruling signed by Judge Diego Amarante on February 19 summoned Claudio Tapia, president of the AFA, in the case, as well as the treasurer of the organization, Pablo Toviggino; its general director, Gustavo Roberto Lorenzo; to the general secretary, Cristian Ariel Malaspina; and his predecessor, Victor Blanco Rodríguez.
The tension between the Argentine Government and the AFA – whose leaders, Javier Milei and Claudio Tapiaare at the ideological antipodes – it has been going on for more than a year and was triggered by the Executive’s intention to advance with a model of sports corporations in the country’s soccer, which was flatly rejected by the governing entity and the majority of the clubs.
