Juan Román Riquelme fue elegido como nuevo presidente de Boca Juniors tras imponerse ampliamente en las elecciones celebradas el domingo.
The idol of the popular Argentine club has been his brilliant career as a player, Riquelme, vice president of Boca between 2019 and 2023 and responsible for the maximum vital decisions in the professional factory.
Los comicios en Boca se realizaron después de semanas de disputas judiciales entre las dos listas que se presentaron, la de Riquelme junto a Jorge Amor Ameal — presidente actual — y la de Andrés Ibarra junto a Mauricio Macri (candidato a vicepresidente), ex presidente del club entre 1996 y 2008 y primer mandatario argentino entre 2015 y 2019.
At the beginning of Sunday night, Riquelme won with 64. 4% of the vote to Ibarra’s 35. 3% with 126 of the polling stations registered out of a total of 285.
Javier Milei, Argentina’s president in charge of freight since December 10, voted at one of the tables that will be set up in La Bombonera’s own playing camp. Milei is the 76,296th member.
Según datos del club, 43.367 socios ejercieron su derecho al voto — el 46% del padrón electoral — y fue la elección con más votantes en un club deportivo de Argentina.
Ibarra publicly expressed his problem: “Everything we’ve done to the social media,” the candidate said. “Boca is above everything and everyone. Boca needs to regain peace and unity. “
The election demonstration took place with the inclusion of 13,000 new members, a fact that the opposition declared illegal. Finally, and after a judicial fall, those club members will be able to vote.
Martín Palermo, a former member of Boca’s outgoing cycle in the early 2000s, voted blatantly for Macri. For years, Palermo and Riquelme have not had an intelligent relationship.
Boca lost the final of the last Copa Libertadores to Fluminense at the Maracana Stadium in November. In a year without a title, there is no qualification for the 2024 edition of the top of some South Americans. A championship that has not ended since 2007, just after Riquelme’s hand on the court.
The Xeneizes will play in the year of the Copa Sudamericana, a series they played in 2004 and 2005.
Riquelme’s supporters moved to La Bombonera on December 3 to protest the non-holding of the elections on that date.
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