The authorities of Qatar come to prohibit you, this monday, November 22, any sale of alcohol on the perimeters of the stadiums.
An amazing new coaster: “Remove beer outlets from stadium perimeters” and, as a corollary, “concentrate the consumption of alcoholic beverages”, in authorized places or establishments. Indicate the press release. Furthermore, it’s important to point out that this new back-pedalling does not include any justifying reason. And the government hasn’t commented on anything so far.
For the Association of English Supporters, this is a clear manifestation of the “lack of transparency of the organizing committee“. Indeed, everything leads to believe that, if the organization of the World Cup would leave read in watermark: “everyone is welcome”. It’sn’t question for the conservative Muslim emirate.
In this region where the 2022 World Cup will take place, beyond the prohibition of alcohol, homosexuality and sexual relations outside marriage are prohibited (and the last two criminally sanctioned).
As for alcohol, there is question of impact of this decision. About alcohol-consuming countries, such as Cameroon. Prohibiting alcohol is it provoked by Cameroonians? We would have liked a beer once in a while while watching the game. Such would be, in the imagination, the phrase of a good number of Cameroonians.
It even emerges from the WHO ranking that, Cameroon is the second largest alcohol-consuming country in Africa. It comes after Gabon with an average of 9 liters of pure alcohol per year and per inhabitant over 15 years of age.
Here is an opportunity to remember the words of the famous Pr Jean Bahebeck: “Cameroonians drink 650 billion FCFA of beer per year…”.
“The Cameroonian’s hobby is to stay in bars, drink 4, 5, 6 beers and talk about football…”. It goes without saying that, for a Cameroonian, watching the match goes hand in hand with drinking beer.
Ultimately, we remember from history that in 2014 and at the request of FIFA, Brazil lifted the ban on alcohol consumption during the World Cup. Will the Qatari authorities reconsider their decision once again in order to make beer consumption more flexible and freer?
