Laporta puts pressure and refuses the postponement of the elections

The precandidato to the presidency of the FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, refused that the elections of the entity are postergadas, as they request it other applicants, between them Fernández Alà or Xavi Vilajoana, those who have argued that the restrictions by the pandemia of the COVID-19, imposed by The Generalitat, hamper the good development of the process.

"The club can not be more time without president neither board, without leadership. It took a decision and have to be on 24 January. There are not objective reasons to postpone or suspend the elections. We have had the same conditions and obstacles that the other", went the words of Laporta, the one who appears like the favourite to obtain the triumph, of agreement to a survey made by the daily Sportive World.

The query determined an intention of vote of 52,3% for Laporta, followed to almost 40 points of distance by Víctor Font. The leader of 'Himself to the futur' has 13,2% and much more far are already the rest of precandidatos: Emili Rousaud (3,2%), Agustí Benedito (2,7%), Xavi Vilajoana (2,7%), Toni Freixa (2,3%), Jordi Farré (1,4%), Pere Laughed (0,9%) and Lluís Fernández Alà (0,5%).

"What before arrive, better for the Barça"

"We do not think that we are favourite, but go with winning morals without going down the policeman. When it happen this phase, already will be concentrated in asking the vote and convince to the partners. What before arrive, better for the Barça", added Laporta, whose campaign has been one of the most challenging, and that even arrived to the doors of Santiago Bernabéu, with a placed banner in one of the near buildings to the mythical stadium.

However, the realisation of the elections in the mentioned date ran danger, since The Generalitat warned that the contention maybe would see affected by the municipal confinement that set up, in principle, from this Thursday 7 January until the day 17 of the same month.

"It would be necessary to see if these elections can adapt to the situation that there is and to the measures that ask . For the moment, what have is this resolution, that has validity between the 7 and on 17 January", declared Inma Solé, general deputy director of coordination and management of emergencies of Civil defence of the Generalitat, during an interview offered to RAC-1.

"We do not think that we are favourite, but go with winning morals"

But this Thursday the FC Barcelona issued a communiqué, in which it confirmed that the Government of Catalonia has informed them that the precandidaturas have permission to move by the different municipalities to collect his signatures of support, in spite of the restrictions by the COVID-19.

Likewise, the Catalan club remembered that "so much the date of the elections, on 24 January, like the protocols of the electoral procedure have been consensuados with the government of the Generality of Catalonia", following the indications of the Departments of Health, Inner, Sports and the Procicat. In the message, emphasized, that "have given the maximum eases so that all the precandidaturas can carry out the collected of the signatures of support with the maximum term and better possible conditions".

The banner of Madrid and Messi

Laporta Revealed that his banner in Madrid "will be troceada and these pieces will offer in return of contributions to collect bottoms for the Foundation of the Barça". The possible presidency of Laporta will be centred as it is to expect in tieing up to Leo Messi and prevent his course of the club, afterwards that it manifested his intention to go in the past summer by means of a burofax, that still to the day of today is like a ghost in the offices of the Camp Nou.

"It is true that speak with him, but no on this subject. If I win the elections, want to do him a very competitive proposal and know that it will listen me. Have win that it remain ", signalled the precandidato to the presidency of the Barça in an interview offered in December to RAC-1.