Laporta, Font and Freixa, official candidates

Barcelona

Updated:01/14/2021 18:09 h

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Joan Laporta, Víctor Font and Toni Freixa They are the candidates who will finally run for the presidency of Barcelona after all the supporting signatures have been validated and Emili Rousaud has decided to withdraw during the validation due to a series of circumstances that he did not like. The three partners are the survivors of the initial nine proposals. Along the way they have stayed, in addition to Rousaud, Agustí Benedito, Xavier Vilajoana, Jordi Farré, Fernández Alá and Pere Riera. These elections, which will be held on January 24, present the smallest group of candidates since 2000, when Joan Gaspart prevailed over Lluís Bassat. In 2003, Laporta won five other candidates in the elections, in 2010 he did Sandro Rosell against three opponents and in 2015 Bartomeu also triumphed against three more candidates.

Of the 10,272 signatures delivered Laporta, 9,625 have been considered valid, 647 not being accepted, that is, 6.29 percent. Font achieved 4,713 of which 4,431 have been validated (282 null, 5.98 percent), while Ash he obtained 2,822 supporters and a total of 2,634 (188 invalid, 6.66 percent) have been accepted. The electoral campaign will begin this Friday and it will last until next January 22, since the 23 is considered a day of reflection. It is expected that there will be at least one debate between the three candidates to succeed Bartomeu. However, everything is awaiting the final decision on a postponement or not of the elections as the municipal confinement was extended until January 24. In fact, the management board is scheduled to meet tomorrow morning with the Generalitat to know the opinion of the experts on the convenience or not of postponing the elections. The possibility that the Catalan regional elections on February 14 will be postponed would fill reasons to suspend those of Barça, since they are even closer in the calendar. Tusquets He has also cited the three candidates in the afternoon in which they will discuss the issue. While Freixa has been in favor of the health authorities deciding, Laporta advocates forcing the holding of elections due to the misgovernment that the club is experiencing.

For its part, Emili Rousaud He wanted to make clear the reasons why he was withdrawing due to the difficulty to pass the cut. The businessman delivered 2,510 signatures, only 253 more than necessary to become a candidate. Visibly moved, he said he felt “sad:”The Barça needs an honest candidate and whoever is chosen will be our president. There have been some accusations that are not true, “he reiterated on more than one occasion. «We believed in the need to make alliances but surprisingly and with an unknown origin, in the validation a ticket mysteriously appeared without a DNI that appears with the name of Benedito, curiously. We were the first to report that people came to sell. We said we would never buy. The cleaning of the candidacy must be ahead. I am also convinced that Barça employees, honest people, have had nothing to do with it. That is fortuitous, “denounced Rousaud. «The decision not to get together was a day of impressive dignity. We cannot tolerate dirty warfare and it was preferable to stay out. It hurts me for Minguella, I know the illusion I made him. I’m very sorry, “he added after acknowledging that he was negotiating with Freixa to agree.

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