Nikos Loizides, the president of the trade union Isotita (Equality) representing police officers, appeared before the Parliament\u2019s Legal Affairs Committee regarding the proposed measures to combat violence in stadiums.
\n\u201cTake back the draft law for the measures. If the measures are implemented, we will bring the problem to the streets. The only thing they have not assigned to the police is the VAR\u201d Mr. Loizides stated.
\n\u201cFix the cameras in the stadiums and let us do our job,\u201d he added.
\nFootball clubs also disagree with the government\u2019s positions on stadium closures and the integration of fans into clubs.
\nThe president of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) called on the government to open a dialogue.
\nThe stance of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, that according to the draft law, any fan who tests positive in a drug or alcohol test will subsequently be released, has also caused a stir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nikos Loizides, president of the trade union Isotita, appeared before the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee to discuss proposed measures to combat violence in stadiums. He stated that if the measures are implemented, they will bring the problem to the streets. Loizides also mentioned that the only thing not assigned to the police is the VAR. He urged for cameras to be fixed in stadiums so that the police can do their job. Football clubs also disagree with the government’s positions on stadium closures and fan integration. The president of the Cyprus Football Association called for a dialogue with the government. The stance of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, regarding the release of fans who test positive in drug or alcohol tests, has caused controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[464,3,336,415,571,728,148,184,214,488,114,380,134],"class_list":["post-2727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-closures","tag-cyprus","tag-football","tag-government","tag-hooliganism","tag-isotita","tag-local","tag-police","tag-police-officers","tag-stadiums","tag-top-news","tag-us","tag-violence"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n