“This club belongs to its members and not like other clubs, companies.” This is how Barcelona’s corporate media office responded to our question about the impeachment campaign of club president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his board of directors.
The media office of the Blaugrana added a response to FilGoal.com: “Barcelona members have every right to request the withdrawal of confidence from the administration as long as this matter is in the club’s regulations. What happened is the first step in a long process.”
And he continued, “What happened was one of several steps of a long process. At first, the recall campaign starts and gets 15%. After that, a committee is formed to count the votes within a period of 10 working days on a condition that it does not exceed 20 days, and then announce an order.” From two “.
“The first if less than 15% after the count is canceled, and if 15% is approved, and then to the second step, which is the new vote to withdraw confidence in Barcelona, and here is a yes or no vote, and the acceptance rate is two-thirds of the members, or 66%.”
He continued, “In the event that the parliament does not vote until the date of the elections, if yes, then confidence is withdrawn and then a committee is appointed to run the situation until new elections.”
Regarding the timetable for the process, he said: “March? No, before that. The vote may take place in late October or November if the votes are correct, and then the elections may be in January or February.”
He continued, “This is a very tight process because we are not a company and I would like to emphasize that again. FC Barcelona belongs to its members who have the right to withdraw confidence and renew it and other matters for them to make decisions, and what happened today was the first step among many steps that take time.”
Finally, the question was: Can Bartomeo run again? He said, “No, of course he cannot. Club and candidacy laws prohibit him.”
We went to ask the Spanish journalist Gonzalo Cabeza, who works for the Spanish “El Confidencial”, about what is currently going on in the corridors of the Catalan club.
Cabeza told FilGoal.com: “The recall process aims to speed up the process of Bartomeo’s departure. The members have their reasons to hate him and end his term in Barcelona as soon as possible.”
“Clearly, the recall process is more related to dignity,” he added.
He continued, “It is amazing that the vote of no-confidence took place while we were suffering from the effects of the Corona pandemic, and this shows us how the popularity of the board of directors has fallen.”
“Bartomeu said before that he will call elections in March, so there is no big difference in speeding up the election process, but all of this is because of what happened recently.”
“It is not just a matter of Messi or the 8-2 defeat by Bayern Munich, but the club has become a joke and collapsed economically. Have you seen what happened with Quique Setien today?”
When asked whether Messi expected to play a role in the vote on the recall, he replied, “Not directly, but what happened in recent weeks had an impact on the fans.”
what happened?
The campaign to withdraw confidence from the Presidency of the Barcelona Board of Directors announced its success in collecting more than 20 thousand votes, despite the fact that the minimum withdrawal of confidence is 16,520 votes.
Barcelona’s board of directors confirmed, in an official statement, that it had received the voting papers and would be examined.
Once it is confirmed that the correct votes are more than the required percentage, a second vote will be called within the next two months to withdraw confidence.
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