Italy govt legislates to avoid Olympic Games ban
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Rome (AFP)
Italy s government on Tuesday pushed through a decree guaranteeing the independence of the national Olympic Committee (CONI) to offset the threat of a ban from the Olympic Games.
The International Olympic Committee s (IOC) Executive Committee meets in Lausanne on Wednesday with Italy facing sanctions for not respecting national sporting body CONI s independence. The Council of Ministers has approved the decree which guarantees the autonomy of CONI, sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora announced. Now the last word is up to the Parliament to make it law.
The emergency decree was approved shortly before the resignation of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.