The president of the Real Football Federation (RFEF), Pedro Rocha, This Monday he appointed the new board of directors of the organization. It is made up of 20 people, of which 12 are men and eight women. The most important position is the one held by Maria Angeles Garcia Chaves, a former soccer player who will serve as deputy vice president. As number two of the entity, she would assume the leadership of the RFEF in the event that Rocha is suspended from his duties by the Government.
The board of directors of the RFEFin this first meeting, at the proposal of Rocha, also approved that on September 10 elections are called for the general assembly, presidency and delegate commission for the period 2024-2028, starting on this date the new electoral process. They were the two movements that were expected in the last chapter of the crisis that Spanish football is experiencing.
Who is María Ángeles García Chaves ‘Yaye’?
The next episode will take place this Tuesday, with the meeting of the board of directors of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), which The suspension of all members of the previous management board will be on the tableof which he was a part Pedro Rocha. If the Government keeps its word, according to the latest movements, a suspension will be carried out that would leave the Extremaduran without functions. As a precaution, the president has created a new board to face this scenario.
If the government action is confirmed, the federative entity would be led for the first time in history by a woman. This is María Ángeles García Chaves, who was a Cáceres Women’s player and Cáceres Atlético Femenino Women’s coach. In September 2020, the new deputy vice president, from Extremadura like Rochabecame the first woman to be part of the RFEF delegate commission.
“Equality policies have been fundamental in this new stage of the Federation. Now a further step is taken in this matter to achieve real equality in football. On the new Board of Directors there will be an assistant vice president, María Ángeles García Chaves”, reads the RFEF statement, which highlights that for the first time its board of directors is made up of 40% women. In this way, the organization complies with the standards established in the new Sports Law, which includes a female quota.
Why does Rocha call the elections?
All the movements carried out by Rocha are in the direction of straightening the course of the institution. If he is finally suspended, María Ángeles García Chaves, known in sports as ‘Yaye’, would assume the functions of the presidency, but without modifying her organic change. Rocha’s situation would be similar to what Rubiales experienced until his final departure from the RFEF.
This bureaucratic differentiation is what leads Rocha to call the elections for next September 10. If you do not do so and are suspended, no one in the Federation would have the power to do so. Total elections could not be called, which is the formal nature of the call, They could only be made partial by the action of the TAD. To this we must add that the new deputy vice president is a trusted person, who has been in the institution for some time, but was not part of the previous manager.
This makes him a ‘clean’ transition figure, unlike the majority of names present on the new board of directors, but also the previous manager who may be suspended. This is the case of several territorial barons such as Rafael del Amo, John Soteras o Rafael Louzan. The majority are still part of the team, but not the link that would allow football to have a visible face until September, during a summer where two fundamental events are held such as the German Euro Cup and the Paris Olympic Games.
In this way, Rocha has ensured the transition in the RFEF with people he trusts, who must work with the supervisory commission appointed by the CSD. The president has consciously made a move in a context of government intervention –“The irresponsible thing would be to do nothing”according to Uribes – which has provoked veiled threats from FIFA and UEFA due to these interferences.
The new board of directors of the RFEF
Pedro Rocha Junco President Mª Ángeles García Chaves Deputy Vice President Pablo Lozano Dueñas Vice President Joan Soteras Vigo Vice President Rafael Louzán Abal Vice President Rafael del Amo Arizu Vice President Alejandro Morales Mansito Vice President José Ramón Cueto Lobo Member José Ángel Peláez Montes Member Josep Sansó Nicolau Member Antonia González Fernández Member Olga Advantage Cruz Member Eva María Prieto Aguado Member Marta Frías Acedo Member Olga María Chaves López Member Montserrat Altamira Mas Member Luis Medina Cantalejo Member David Gutiérrez Saiz Member Thaïs Henríquez Torres Member Eduardo Bandrés Moliné Treasurer
2024-04-29 19:11:00
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