Brazil’s Attorney General backs Flamengo bid for shared 1987 title at Supreme Court | OneFootball

Brazil’s Attorney General Paulo Gonet has sent the Supreme Federal Court an opinion backing Flamengo’s bid to be recognised as 1987 Brazilian champions alongside Sport.

PlatoBR first reported the submission, which seeks to rescind an STF First Panel ruling that struck down a 2011 CBF resolution awarding a shared title.

In the opinion, Gonet argues the impugned judgment should be set aside and the CBF act should not be deemed null. He says Sport’s recognition under the final judgment must be preserved, and shared titling for 1987 is not prohibited.

He also aligns with Flamengo’s claim that the First Panel erred in concluding the CBF could not, on sporting grounds, have declared another club champions in 1987.

The dispute began in 1988 when Sport sued the CBF and the Union to uphold the original 1987 regulations. The 10th Federal Court in Pernambuco granted the claim and the case reached final judgment in 1999, under which Sport is treated as sole champions.

In 2011 the CBF recognised Flamengo as co-champions, after years of declining to do so, then Sport won a case at the regional federal court to void that act. Flamengo’s appeals at the STJ and later the STF were rejected.

The matter now sits with STF rapporteur Edson Fachin, who will decide whether to accept the Attorney General’s view. The court most recently turned down Flamengo’s request in May last year, when minister Dias Toffoli upheld a similar decision to one he had issued a year earlier.

Source: Globo.com