Officially, Al Gergawi is the only candidate to head the Basketball Federation

The head of the Basketball Association elections committee, Mohamed Saleh, said that the current president of the Basketball Federation, Major General Ismail Al-Gergawi, has become the only candidate for the presidency of the Basketball Association in the 2020-2024 elections, after the candidacy door was officially closed yesterday.

In his speech to Emirates Today, he stressed that the official announcement of Al-Gergawi’s victory in a new term will not take place before the completion of the legal cycle for the elections set by the committee. The new board.

He indicated that this is due to the need to wait for the appeals, to complete all procedures, and that the official announcement of his victory is premature.

Muhammad Saleh said: The electoral cycle must complete all its legal stations set by the Election Commission since the beginning of this November with the aim of achieving justice and transparency for all, including that the announcement of the preliminary list of presidential candidates will not take place before the 18th of this month, simultaneously with the official opening of the door to Objections and appeals against the list. "

He added: "The door for appeals against the list of candidates for the position of president will be opened until the 22nd of this month at a date that coincides with the opening of the door for clubs to nominate their representatives for the membership position, provided that, on the second of next December, all applications for membership candidates will be studied and their conformity with the criteria set by the system. The basic rule of the federation, and then the issuance of the approved list of candidates on the ninth of the same month, and all these steps must be completed legally by restricting the official announcement of the winners, whether for the position of president or members, during the holding of the General Assembly on December 24.

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