Romario, now a congressman, said he is teaming up with other Brazilian legislators to investigate football’s governing body ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Romario will pressure Swiss authorities to release documents which allegedly show that Teixeira was one of the members accused of taking kickbacks from a former FIFA marketing partner in the 1990s.
Teixeira is president of the organizing committee for the 2014 World Cup.
Romario said on his website Thursday that he and other legislators will ask Swiss authorities to let them review files from a court case involving former FIFA marketing partner ISL, which collapsed in 2001.
Romario said access to the documents is “crucial for the (World Cup) to take place with clarity and honesty in our country.”The congressional committee was meeting to discuss the approval of a law needed for the 2014 World Cup and was not directly related to Romario’s decision to investigate Teixeira and FIFA.
In his first year as a congressman, Romario has been very active in monitoring Brazil’s preparations for the World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics, saying he wants to make sure that everything will be ready in time and that public money will be well spent.
“I was elected by thousands of votes to occupy this chair,” he said.
“I’ve have nothing against FIFA or against the Brazilian federation, but as a congressman I have the responsibility to defend the sovereignty of my country. I will fight until I can’t to keep FIFA from establishing a state within this state.”
The Brazilian Congress has twice investigated Teixeira for alleged wrongdoing, but the inquiries were never completed.
One of the most powerful men in Brazilian football, Teixeira has been repeatedly attacked by local media over alleged irregularities during his reign since taking over the federation in 1989.
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