“The Tokyo Olympics gave CONI, president Giovanni Malagò and Italian sport a credit of enormous value – the comment of Federbocce president Marco Giunio De Sanctis – The Italian delegation achieved extraordinary and, in some ways, unrepeatable results . The Azzurri of athletics have won gold medals in three specialties that represent the essence of sport: the 100 meters, the 4×100 meters and the high jump. Today Italy counts the fastest man in the world. world“.
“This credit boasted today by Italy of sport, without counting the resounding success of the Paralympic Games, must be used in the best way by Malagò, in order to settle all the open questions and in search of the best solution – reiterated De Sanctis – For example, it is no longer possible to move forward with too many interlocutors and the conflict situation regarding the division of roles and responsibilities between Coni, Sport and Health and the Department of Sport must be resolved “.
“I repeat it for the umpteenth time – explains De Sanctis – The high level and, therefore, everything concerning the World Cup, European Championships and Olympic sport, must receive contributions and be supervised by the Coni. Sport and Health, on the other hand, must deal with to disburse funds, supervising their use, for grassroots, social, promotional and scholastic sport. To achieve this effective model for Italian sport it is necessary to reform the legislation currently in force, which has deprived the Coni of most of its functions “.
“From the next Coni national council, scheduled for September 14 – the president of Fib demonstrated how strong, lively and solid the sector is. Prime Minister Mario Draghi stressed that the consideration of a country can also be seen in sport, they fly to project a nation in the dimension it deserves. And Italy has shown how sport is a a functioning and living sector at the service of all the other contexts of our country “, continued De Sanctis.
Already projected to an autumn full of events for the Italian Bocce Federation, De Sanctis is also looking at its own movement which “from an international point of view has yet to grow, in the light of a myopic vision characterized by a management that is not projected towards the future and maximum unity. politics of the different specialties “.
This is his thought on a subject he cares a lot about: “The sport of bowls pays for an international political situation where everyone thinks of their own backyard, without that global vision to which we are called by a world that changes quickly. For example, it is unthinkable like bodies in charge of the Petanque, due to the pandemic, cancel two Europeans confirming the World Cup. There is no logic or rationality with respect to the actions taken- concluded De Sanctis- A change of course with a single objective is essential: the bowls must enter the Olympic Games program. Only in this way will they be able to make the leap in quality and as a Federation will we be able to truly demonstrate all our value and our great potential, which a popular and widespread sport must necessarily express “.
In the meantime, the Italian Bocce Federation will be called to an important appointment on 18 September, when the extraordinary assembly for statutory changes is scheduled, postponed to last October due to the pandemic, thus adapting the fundamental federal charter to the actuality of the times. Among the main changes, there will no longer be federal specialty councilors, but from 2024 tout court representatives of the sporting discipline will be elected in the sense of the Federal Council. Furthermore, if the changes are approved, the electoral system will change with the national assembly composed of 360 voters: an indirect representation of Affiliates, Representatives of the Athletes and Representatives of the Technicians in line with the specific regulations of the Coni, which will allow significant cost savings. .