Los Mossos d’Esquadra They are searching the headquarters of the Catalan Football Federation from early in the morning. A group of plainclothes agents has entered the headquarters and prevented access to the workers.
Specifically, they are looking for documentation about possible fraud in the elections held last year, in which Joan Soteras was re-elected as president.. Sources of the investigation emphasize that the investigations, which are judicialized, began with a complaint from the candidate Joan Josep Isernwho has already taken the current officials of the Catalan Football Federation to court.
Thus, in February of last year, days before the elections, he reported to the Mossos that there could be a possible irregularity, since it was requested from the General Directorate of the Catalan Football Federation to the Secretary of Sports the list of directors of the 1,220 federated clubs. For Isern, this request could break electoral neutrality and become a crime of usurpation of functions.
In April of last year, Isern presented a complaint against Soteras for insults and slander. On May 22, 2022, the elections to this Federation were held but the Catalan Sports Court (TCD) annulled them, finding that the results were adulterated due to the manipulation and falsification of 175 votes.
The repetition was on February 13, 2022 and Soteras won, but Isern once again challenged the elections before the TCD, for possible irregularities such as falsification of minutes of voting delegation. This judicial process is currently in the Superior Court of Justice in Catalonia.
As soon as the challenge became known, Soteras accused Isern of having “personal interests” and of creating this conflict as a “smokescreen” to cover up his judicial problems, since he assured that he is “investigated” in the Soule case. Isern assured that he is a “witness” in this procedure and not “investigated” and That is why Soteras was sued for insults and slander against the president of the FCF
2024-03-05 10:13:06
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