Danilo Carrera had a conversation yesterday with the media, in which he officially launched his candidacy for the presidency of the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee for the next four years. He will be accompanied by several acquaintances from the sport, such as Mario Canessa as first vice president and Carlos Estrada as second.
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“I accepted the candidacy because I have never disliked serving the sport. Moreover, I would like to return because I feel that there is much to do. The main objective is to seek unity among all sports entities. The leaders have to ensure the autonomy of the Olympic movement and follow the principles of the Olympic Charter, opposing state interventions ”.
Carrera, who already chaired the entity between 1997 and 2013, recognized that the federations of boating, judo, chess, bowling, surfing, volleyball, sailing, archery, basketball, softball, Olympic shooting, field hockey, skating, gymnastics, handball, wrestling, weightlifting, billiards, sports dancing, squash, bodybuilding, tennis and rowing They asked him to be part of this election.
“The main motivation for the application has been the presence and request of more than 31 federations, which later became 35 ”, he said.
He spoke of the gap that exists between national and provincial federations, from your income to your way of working.
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“Today a sports federation like Manabí has everything to do the Bolivarian Games. Fedeguayas the same and in Pichincha too. On the other hand, the national federations do not even have a sports arena for their own sport. The separation between provincial and national federations must end because it must work together. In the financial aspect there is a big difference: the main ones have 30 million dollars a year and the national ones 5 (million) ”, he added.
The elections will be held this Saturday, September 4 and will allow the appointment of the new president of the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee. The two applicants are Danilo Carrera and another former partner of his in his term, Jorge Delgado.
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