Barcelona’s presidential election has been postponed from next summer to March 2021, Catalan announced on Monday.
President Josep Maria Bartomeu convened an emergency meeting of the board on Monday morning and discussed a number of problems, adding up the coach’s work, player hire and elections.
Later, Barca issued a statement confirming that coach Quique Setien had been removed from office, while delivering the provisional election dates in some other article on his website.
“The board of directors of FC Barcelona, assuming its duty on the sports stage that runs through the club, has agreed that the date of the next presidential election will be the first day after March 15, 2021,” he said.
After Friday’s disastrous defeat 8-2 to Bayern Munich, there were many calls for the elections to be held immediately, but Barca said: “After all the options, the board considers this to be the viable maximum date for the previous elections.
The City Council understands that an early call for elections is feasible, since the holiday season will begin on the weekend of September 12, 2020 and the scenario resulting from the COVID-19 crisis, both economically and socially.
As a result, the club will continue to implement the plan to counter the sporting and economic scenario, based on deep adjustments in the first team, plus a redefined budget to deal with the new scenario created through COVID-19, before the end of the existing mandate.”
They added: “The holding of the elections from 15 March next implies that the Board of Directors fully assumes office for the 2020-2021 monetary year.
In addition, the holding of elections on the first date within the deadline set for the end of the term, as provided for in the club’s bylaws, will allow an orderly transition to the winning candidacy, which shall have sufficient time. . 2021-2022. “
Bartomeu is running for re-election after two terms at the helm, but it is very likely that the existing board will appoint a “continuity” candidate.
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