10/26/2020 10:21 AM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 10/26/2020 3:05 PM
The crisis in Barcelona does not stop, but this Monday President Josep Maria Bartomeu and the Board of Directors
decided not to resign
in full and face the vote on the
motion of censure
in November, in the midst
of the health crisis
due to the coronavirus, which led to the
State of Alarm
sanctioned by the Spanish Government.
The Blaugrana team sent a letter to the vice president of the Generalitat,
Pere Aragonés
, to request the suspension of the motion of censure that will be carried out on November 1 and 2 for strictly health reasons, before the agglomeration of people.
"Despite the efforts of the club, the design of a voting decentralization process, the delay of a week in the approval of the protocol and the worsening of the situation force us to redefine the plan and vote in a single venue (our stadium) "Bartomeu explained in the letter sent to Aragonés.
"It is a time of great decisions and great responsibilities for everyone, because
we risk the lives and well-being of many people,
" the institution reported.
And he added: "Our electorate has an average age of 58 years, with more than 40,000 members over 60 years of age. Our greatest concern is focused on avoiding any action that places these groups at a very high risk of contagion, given their vulnerability" .
Josep Maria Bartomeu and Florentino Pérez, in the classic AFP photo
Although it had been reported on the possibility that Bartomeu would resign from his position immediately, due to the uncertainty about the date and manner of holding the referendum that should or should not support its continuity, the president has decided to wait for the latest opinion on whether the sanitary conditions for holding the referendum are in place.
Now we are waiting for the decision of the Procicat to know if the consultation is viable, according to the conditions proposed by FC Barcelona.
Having ruled out the possibility that there may be several venues, the Blaugrana club submitted a letter to the Generalitat de Catalunya offering the Camp Nou facilities as the sole venue.
The promoter of the motion of no-confidence and candidate for the club's presidency,
Jordi Farré
, pointed out that "a club like Barça should have sufficient resources to comply with the requirements of the Generalitat and call the vote within the deadlines set by the Statutes ".
In addition to the contacts with the work group of the autonomous government for the organization of the referendum and the new scenario due to the pandemic, the directive also analyzed how the labor negotiation table is being developed to reduce the salary mass of footballers and employees of the club encrypted at 30 percent.
The table has been set up for "the beginning of the procedure for the substantial collective modification of working conditions", as well as for the Temporary Employment Regularization File (ERTE), and is made up of representatives of the Barcelona management and workers.