Bartomeu adheres to the continuation of the president of Barcelona ... and the survival of Lionel Messi
The president of the Spanish football club Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu, who was targeted by a vote of no-confidence in him, denied yesterday in a press conference his thinking about resigning from his post, explaining his decision that "it will be the worst time to leave Barcelona", and confirming that his Argentine star, Lionel Messi, is "the key to the new project." ".
"There are no reasons for resigning. There are a lot of responsibilities (at stake), and I think this will be the worst moment to relinquish Barcelona to a transitional management committee," said Bartomeu after a meeting of the Catalan club's management committee that will have to chair the proxy until the new elections.
"It is a moment of high responsibility, it is a moment of making decisions," he added, explaining that "the transitional administration committee cannot make the decisions that we are about to take to find solutions to the problems resulting from the (Covid-19) epidemic that severely affected Barcelona's accounts."
President Bartomeu and the club's management committee are still facing the risk of distrust after opponents (including some of the candidates for the club's presidential elections scheduled for March 20, 2021) collected more than 16,521 signatures necessary from members (fans-contributors) to activate the impeachment process.
On Monday evening, Bartomeu published an open letter in which he made clear that he wanted to hold a referendum on his impeachment at the weekend of 15 and 16 November, explaining that it takes at least two weeks to prepare for this vote.
The voting, which will take place for the first time in the club's history, will take place over two days and in several polling stations spread throughout Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain, in order to avoid the human crowd and take appropriate health measures to confront the emerging Corona virus.
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