Pele, Zico and Tostao call on Brazilian football's president to stand down amid corruption claims

Kampusbet  ~   " Pele, Zico and Tostao call on Brazilian football's president to stand down amid corruption claims "

Agen TangKasneT  ~   Pele is among 127 of Brazil's biggest names who have called on the president of the country's football confederation (CBF) to resign.

"We demand the definitive resignation of Marco Polo Del Nero and his directors, followed by free and democratic elections for command of the CBF," said a statement.

Del Nero was charged by U.S. prosecutors on Dec. 3 with participating in schemes designed to solicit and receive millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks to sell media and marketing rights for soccer tournaments and matches.

His predecessor as CBF president, Jose Maria Marin, is jailed while awaiting trial on similar charges in an investigation by prosecutors in the United States and Switzerland into corruption in world soccer's governing body FIFA that has led to 41 indictments so far.

Bandar Judi Online TangKasneT  ~   Ricardo Teixeira, another former president of the CBF from 1989 to 2012 and a former FIFA executive committee member, was also charged.

The letter, signed by soccer greats Pele, Zico and Tostao, said meaningful elections were impossible under the current CBF statutes it called "illegal and immoral."

The signatories, which included singer-songwriter Chico Buarque, actor Wagner Moura, and Walter Salles, director of hit movies Central Station and The Motorcycle Diaries, called for a thorough investigation into corrupt dealings inside Brazilian football.

"We call on the Attorney General, the Federal Police and the Inland Revenue to not permit any impunity for those who have corrupted or want to continue corrupting (Brazilian) football," the letter said.