Marco Peredo: "Bolivian football hasn't changed at all"

Marco Peredo, a respected lawyer and former two-time president of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), asserts that Bolivian football remains stagnant and will continue to do so under its current leadership. "The truth is that it hasn't changed at all," Peredo stated, emphasizing that the problem lies not with the statutes but with the people managing the institutions.

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The truth is that it hasn't changed at all. Football is not going to change as long as the same people remain in charge.

He drew an analogy, saying, "You can give a Mercedes-Benz to a bungler and they'll crash it." Peredo believes that the quality of leadership directly dictates the success of any institution, comparing good leaders who build strong clubs to those who create weak ones. "Ultimately, it is the person who leads the institution and gives it its true dimension," he explained.

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You can give a Mercedes-Benz to a bungler and they'll crash it.

Peredo also highlighted what he sees as direct and illegal interference by the FBF in the affairs of football clubs. He clarified that clubs are non-profit civil associations governed by their own statutes and civil law, not by the directives of the FBF. "From the moment they are recognized by the competent public body... the association acquires legal personality and is governed by its own rules," he said.

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Ultimately, it is the person who leads the institution and gives it its true dimension.

He questioned why clubs do not resist this interference, suggesting the answer lies with the dirigeants (leaders). "Ask the leaders. They are not fools," Peredo remarked, implying a complicity or lack of will to challenge the status quo within the sport's administration.

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From the moment they are recognized by the competent public body... the association acquires legal personality and is governed by its own rules.