ANAC

Italy's National Anti-Corruption Authority (Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione, or ANAC) received a formal request on the evening of 4 June 2026 from Sports Minister Andrea Abodi, asking it to rule on whether Giovanni Malagò is eligible to stand as a candidate for the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) presidency. The eligibility question turns on a pantouflage cooling-off rule barring former regulatory supervisors from moving straight into a body they oversaw. Malagò Left the CONI presidency in June 2025, one year before the FIGC election, which sits inside the three-year bar. ANAC and CONI's Collegio di Garanzia were given a 15 June Deadline, landing the ruling mid-tournament and one week before the 22 June Federal Council vote.

ANAC was established by legislative decree in 2014 as Italy's primary statutory body for preventing and fighting corruption in public administration and in the procurement of goods and services. Its REMIT extends beyond government contracting to cover public institutions including sporting bodies that receive public funding. The authority has the power to issue binding legal opinions on conflicts of interest and revolving-door provisions such as pantouflage under Italian law.

Both ANAC and CONI reportedly received Abodi's referral with surprise and considerable frustration, per Il Fatto Quotidiano, which noted the request came more than two weeks after a 20 May parliamentary inquiry into the same eligibility question. The tight six-working-day window across two weekends makes a definitive published opinion difficult, and the absence of a clear ruling by 15 June could itself become the decisive moment in the FIGC election story.