Senator makes harsh statements after secret meeting with Textor, owner of Botafogo; check out

After a secret session with John Textor, majority partner of SAF do Botafogo, Senator Carlos Portinho, from PL-RJ, raised his tone and made strong statements. For the parliamentarian, the businessman’s complaints will serve as a warning to the authorities. Check it out in the player above.

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– He (Textor) is a messenger. To all those who watch us, who have complaints to make, that these complaints at least have evidence, and there are clues, technical elements presented by John Textor, there is content. It amazes me how the CBF, which is most responsible for the integrity of football in Brazil, didn’t go deeper. How come the STJD, which has excellent lawyers hired as auditors, didn’t go deeper into this? There are technical elements, there is content, there are reasons to investigate.

– What John Textor brought us here may not be concrete evidence, but I have no doubt that it is essential that this is investigated to preserve integrity and, for those who think about rigging sports results, desist. Here, if a CPI has to be opened every year, we will be here. Today, what brings us artificial intelligence, technology… Whoever resists technology will be run over by history. Credit must be given to all material produced here, as we will.

– If you (speaking to Textor) are 100% right or 100% wrong, it’s worth it, because we’re going to leave this CPI with a diagnosis and proposals to improve Brazilian football. We approved the Betting Law, but the State is not yet prepared to combat manipulation. What you bring us is at least an alert, a warning, that the Government, the Federal Police, the MP and the confederations need to prepare quickly, because there are cases of misinterpretation of the rules of the game, there are cases of VAR editing , of what is shown on TV and there are cases of athletes’ behavior that I, alone, consider an indication.