Brazilian Court to Decide If World Cup Law Constitutional
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A Brazilian law governing the conditions of next year’s soccer World Cup is unconstitutional, according to a case filed with the country’s Supreme Court by Prosecutor General Roberto Gurgel.
Elements of the 2012 legislation, including tax exemptions for soccer’s governing body and its sponsors, violate Brazilian law, according to a statement posted on the prosecutor general’s website. Gurgel filed the complaint in June after receiving a report from a task force created in 2009 to monitor regulations and public spending on the quadrennial event.