"International Olympic" warns the Italian counterpart of the danger of the Games' exclusion

Lausanne (Switzerland) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sent a warning letter to the Italian Olympic Committee in the context of a bill that would undermine its independence and could at least lead to an exclusion of Italy from Olympic Games.
The Corriere de la Serra revealed on Tuesday a letter obtained by AFP, in which the IOC had expressed its "grave concern" regarding a draft decree-law that, if approved, "would clearly affect the Independence of the Italian Olympic Committee ". .
According to the International Olympic Committee, "belonging to the Olympic Movement imposes the respect of the Olympic Charter", affirming that the adoption of this text will lead to the non-conformity of the National Committee "to the principles of the Olympic Charter" .
In his letter to Giovanni Malago, chairman of the Italian committee, James McCloud, director of relations with the National Olympic Committees, proposed amendments to the draft decree, stressing that the National Committee should not be "reorganized by unilateral decisions of the government as stipulated in the original text.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has also confirmed that it is ready to hold a meeting "this week" with its Italian counterpart in Lausanne to "help solve this problem".
"The situation is complicated," a source close to the case told AFP.
The IOC recalled that Article 27.9 of the Olympic Charter stipulated that in case of violation of the Charter, the IOC Executive Council could "take all appropriate decisions to protect the Olympic Movement in the country of the Olympic Committee. National Olympic Committee, which could constitute a suspension or withdrawal of recognition from the National Committee ". If the constitution, laws or other regulations in force in that State, or any act of a government agency or any other entity, has the effect of "interfering with the activity of the National Olympic Committee "
This question comes two months after Milan / Cortina d'Ampezzo was chosen to host the Winter Olympics of 2026 at the expense of Stockholm.
In 2015, the IOC suspended the Kuwait Olympic Committee for political interference, forcing Kuwaiti athletes to compete under a neutral flag at the 2016 Rio Olympics, before the suspension was suspended in July. – (agencies)