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The struggle for power in the Bandy Association ended with a compromise. Per-Anders Gustafsson will remain as president. The counter-candidate Jesper Kärrbrink will be Vice President with special responsibility for market affairs.
This was the solution proposed by the nominating committee at the initiative of Kärrbrink and presented at an additional briefing before the annual meeting.
– Now bandy-Sweden has a chance, with both in the role of working and pushing the issues that are important to bandy, Gustafsson told Bandypuls.
The union meeting in Uppsala was preceded by a bitter multi-week power struggle, where the majority on the nominating committee wanted to get rid of Gustafsson, who in a letter was accused of behaving in an aggressive and sexist manner. Gustafsson rejected the allegations, saying the nominating committee in turn acted insultingly toward him by releasing the letter.
Emma Kronberg, a member of the Nominating Committee, was pleased with the outcome of the annual meeting, which lasted more than four hours.
– Criticism of Per-Anders leadership does not go away because they made this agreement and that bandy Sweden voted through it. Now it’s up to the evidence and that shows, as he said at the annual meeting, that he took the criticism, Tornberg told DN.
Do you think bandy-Sweden can agree after all the harsh words that have been said?
– I think so and that was also the message of the annual meeting, try to leave this behind and look forward.
In addition to Kärrbrink, three new members were elected to the board.
Another of the Nominations Committee The members, Bo Häggqvist, accused Gustafsson supporters before the annual meeting of undemocratic methods, when, through representatives of inactive bandy associations, they ensured that the Mellan district at their annual meeting endorsed Gustafsson. In the end, some clubs tried to postpone the annual meeting on Saturday.
Häggqvist was also satisfied with the compromise solution.
– We now have competent people on the board and I hope we can have peace and quiet, but I still think that some clubs should be ashamed of the way they have behaved, says Häggqvist.
