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They will BE ON 24 JANUARY

Controversy among the pre-candidates by date of the elections

Published:13/11/2020 - 15:18h

Updated:13/11/2020 - 15:39h

The elections to the presidency of the FC Barcelona will be the day 24 January 2021, a date that generates controversy for being too late

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This Thursday, announced of official way the date for the elections of the FC Barcelona:​ on 24 January 2021. In a principle, expected that the Managing Commission chaired by Carles Tusquets established on 10 January or, in his defect, the 17 of this month but, finally, the comicios will celebrate to finals of the first month of the next year. A decision that does not finish to like to some precandidatos.

One of them is Jordi Farré, that was one of the maximum exponents of the platform 'Més that a moció'​ that promoted the vote of censorship against Josep Maria Bartomeu and his board, something that finished with the resignation en bloc of the already ex mandator beside all the directive. It is precandidato of official form and, through personal account of Twitter, has celebrated that there is date of elections but has regretted that it was not sooner.

"We had preferred before the elections"

The manager of 'Nou Impuls Barça' was clear in his speech. "At last, already we have date. We had preferred it before because it will be very difficult that the new managerial can manage the market of winter", signalled through his official account, adding that "the important is that they put the urns, that there is the maximum participation and that the partners deposit his confidence in the best project to govern the club".

Lluis Fernández Alà, another no satisfied candidate

Also it pronounced on this Lluis Fernández Alà, another of the impulsores of the vote of censorship against Josep Maria Bartomeu and his managerial board, expressing his disconformidad with the date chosen by the Managing Commission chaired by Carles Tusquets and ensuring that said decision is only a way to lengthen the Barcelona agony waiting for the new maximum mandator.

The precandidato considers that the decision taken "lengthens this economic agony, sportive, social and institutional that has the club in these moments". Besides, it warns also that the fact that the elections are so late will not allow to the new managerial have margin for the signings. "It does not allow to the new together can take advantage of the market of winter", explains in a communiqué.

"On 24 January it is to lengthen the agony of the Barça"

The communiqué of the candidature of of Lluis Fernández Alà self-evident that "do not agree" with the date, alleging that "it had liked us that the managing board had summoned the elections in the month of December". It says, besides, "that has not taken advantage of the motion of censorship that summoned the groups of opinion and some precandidaturas with the strength of the partner behind". In spite of this, ensures that "we are prepared to lead the change that the Barça needs".