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“This club belongs to its members and not like other clubs, companies.” This is how Barcelona’s corporate media office responded to our question about the club’s president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, and his board of directors.
The Blaugrana press office added a response to FilGoal.com: “The Barcelona members have every right to request the withdrawal of trust from the administration as long as this matter is in the club’s regulations. What happened is the first step in a long process “.
We went to ask the Spanish journalist Gonzalo Cabeza, who works for the Spanish “El Confidencial”, about what is currently happening in the corridors of the Catalan club.
Cabiza told FilGoal.com: “The impeachment process aims to speed up Bartomeo’s exit process. The members have their reasons to hate him and finish his term in Barcelona as soon as possible.”
“Clearly, the retirement process has more to do with dignity,” he added.
He continued: “It is impressive that the vote of no confidence was taken while we were suffering the effects of the Corona pandemic, and this shows us how the popularity of the board of directors has fallen.”
“Bartomeu said before that he will call elections in March, so there is no big difference in speeding up the electoral process, but this is all due to what happened recently.”
“It’s not just about Messi or the 8-2 loss to Bayern Munich, but the club became a laughingstock and financially collapsed. Have you seen what happened today with Quique Setién?”
When asked if Messi expected to play a role in the recall vote, he replied: “Not directly, but what happened in recent weeks had an impact on the fans.”
What happened?
The campaign to withdraw confidence from the Presidency of the Barcelona Board of Directors announced its success in collecting more than 20 thousand votes, despite the fact that the minimum for the withdrawal of confidence is 16,520 votes.
The Barcelona Board of Directors confirmed in an official statement that it had received the ballot papers and would be examined.
Once it is confirmed that the correct votes exceed the required percentage, a second vote will be called over the next two months to withdraw the trust.
The second voting process requires the approval of 66% of the members of Barcelona to withdraw trust in the board of directors, so an interim board of directors will come calling for elections next January.
But if the number of votes currently does not correctly exceed 16,520 votes, and in the second vote 66% want to withdraw trust, then Bartomeu and his administration will remain in office.
