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Joan Laporta
swept the presentation of signatures to validate his new candidacy for the presidency of Barça.
The former top Barça leader got 10,257 signatures from Barça members, more than double that of the other candidate who seems to gather more sympathy,
Víctor Font
, who appeared at the club's facilities with 4,710, and more than the sum of these with those of the rest of applicants who managed to pass this first screen.
Toni Freixa
, who was in the directives of Laporta, Rosell and Bartomeu himself, presented 2,821.
And
Emili Rousaud
, considered for a long time as the main dolphin of Josep Maria Bartomeu until he resigned with the outbreak of what is known as
Barçagate.
, 2,510.
Jordi Farré, Agustí Benedito, Xavier Vilajoana, member of the last board of directors of Bartomeu, Lluís Fernández Alà and Pere Riera, meanwhile, did not reach the 2,257 necessary to pass this first cut.
Now, the Barça entity has until next Thursday to proceed with the validation of the submitted signatures and, if the threshold of 2,257 valid is reached by the pre-candidates who have presented them, they will be effectively proclaimed as official candidates for an election. that are still scheduled for this
January 24
.
The different candidates had to appear at the Camp Nou facilities at 30-minute intervals from 5:00 p.m. and in order of seniority.
Laporta was the first.
On time, he delivered some 10,257, which is twice the amount he presented in 2015, when he was second behind Bartomeu, and some 4,500 more than those he delivered in 2003, when he was proclaimed Barça president for the first time.
"I don't want to talk about favorites, but we are going with winning morale.
Now we must continue working so that this is translated into votes, "said the former leader.
«I affirm that there are no objective reasons to suspend the elections.
It would be very strange if they suspended them, "said a Laporta who does not like the hints of a possible postponement.
It would be very damaging.
Apart from the fact that all the measures have been taken, there are many reasons why Barça should have a president and board of directors.
This mismanagement cannot be endured anymore.
We have been like this since November and it does not allow us to take advantage of certain circumstances that occur in the world of football, "he stressed.
«Thanks to you I will be a candidate.
And it will only take one more step to be President of Barça!
10,257 thanks, partners! "He added later on his social networks.
The second to make an appearance was Jordi Farré, the main promoter of the vote of no confidence that precipitated the resignation of Bartomeu and his board and the calling of elections.
In his case, he did it solely to deliver the collected signatures, 2,082.
In the morning, he had already announced that the threshold required by the club had not been reached.
When he appeared at the Barça facilities, he came across a Laporta to whom he wished him victory in the elections.
Agustí Benedito, candidate in 2010 and 2015, for his part, preferred not to make an appearance and not deliver the rubrics gathered by his candidacy.
This was announced in a statement in which he thanked the support received and regretted the difficulties of having done so during a pandemic and the storm this past weekend.
Emili Rousaud, at 6.30 pm, presented a total of 2,510 signatures of Barça members, although he initially thought there were 2,501.
Last Saturday, the candidate himself pointed out that he had around 2,000, although this morning the former soccer agent
Josep Maria Minguella
, a classic of the Barcelona environment and a member of his candidacy, had already indicated in statements to the COPE Network that they would overcome this first cut.
Although, yes, the figures he gave were somewhat higher.
"Nobody gave a penny for us and we will have between 2,700 and 2,800 signatures", advanced an optimistic Minguella.
If 254 of them are invalidated, your proposal will remain at the gates of being able to go to the elections.
“We were open to pacts and we are still open to pacts.
In a situation like the current one, we had already said that a unitary candidacy would make a lot of sense ", wielded Rousaud.
Xavi Vilajoana, for his part, delivered 1,967 rubrics.
Throughout the morning of this Monday he had already assumed that he would not reach the necessary minimum but, almost at the last minute, he tried to ask for a little more time, hoping to achieve it almost in the added time.
Therefore, he appeared at 7:45 p.m., although without the required total.
Toni Freixa, meanwhile, delivered a total of 2,821 signatures.
Hours before, through his social networks, he asked the rest of the candidates to present all the rubrics collected, something that he pointed out as "essential for the transparency of the electoral game."
Víctor Font, for his part, established himself as the second preferred option by the partners among the candidates by presenting a total of 4,710.
«I thank all those people who have come to sign at the headquarters or at one of the more than 200 collection points during these days for giving us their trust and support with their signature.
Thanks to all the partners for the affection and the expressions of affection that they have shown, "Font said in a statement.
Lluís Fernández Alà presented 1,177 signatures and Pere Riera, who was carrying a single box, did not want to reveal the number.
Neither of them managed to pass the first cut, something that both candidates had assumed for several hours before their respective deadlines.
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