The vote of no confidence, pending from Barça and the Civil Guard

Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of FC Barcelona.JOSEP LAGO / afp

The referendum for the vote of no confidence against the Barcelona board chaired by Josep Maria Bartomeu is only pending to be called by the Barça club after the Table has finished the scrutiny that enables its call: the valid signatures are 19,532, 91, 44% of those presented (20,687), compared to the 16,521 required by the statutes.

Despite the fact that the invalid guarantees total only 1,155, the process is still pending a complaint presented by Barça to the Civil Guard.

Now it is up to FC Barcelona to activate the vote of no confidence and report the day of the referendum to the General Secretary of Sport of the Generalitat, who for now does not notice any impediment for it to be held, at the expense of the circumstances that may arise. the evolution of the pandemic and the Procicat regulations.

It should not be forgotten, in any case, that the assembly of delegates scheduled for the 25th has been postponed without a date, as reported by Vice President Jordi Cardoner.

This is not the case of the vote of no confidence unless the board insists on torpedoing the process after reporting –the board insists that the precise term is to inform– the Civil Guard that it has suspicions about the existence of irregular signatures among the 20,687 submitted.

The lawyer who defends Barça, Eloi Castellarnau, put the dubious endorsements at five in an interview with

.

The process could be paralyzed if a judge intervenes after an investigation by the Civil Guard is opened.

Castellarnau denied that Barça wants to paralyze the motion despite the fact that the two representatives of the board of directors at the Censorship Vote Table already wanted to stop the recount on Thursday, a position that outraged the two representatives of the motion and caused the president to intervene, the representative of the Catalan Football Federation, Josep Maria Vallbona, who expressed himself in favor of continuing the validation.

The board has repeatedly complained about Vallbona's attitude.

Although now the doubts are focused on only five ballots, the suspicions could be extended to about 300 and indirectly to the blocks related to the bag of fraud of the resale of cards of about 2,800 partners that have been investigated for a long time by the Civil Guard.

In some Barcelona environments, irregular guarantees were estimated at around 5,000 before their validation began on September 29.

Possible resignation

It also remains to be seen the day when the board of directors will meet to assess the situation and discuss a possible resignation en bloc or of President Josep Maria Bartomeu.

The meeting could be delayed if one aspires to offer a single answer since a member of the council is willing to leave office on an individual basis due to discrepancies, especially due to the permanent judicialization of the club, and also because it aspires to attend the elections, currently announced for March 20 and 21.

Regardless of the meeting of the board, the club has 10 to 20 days to call the voting act from the moment it has received the request from the Board.

The date initially scheduled for the referendum would be November 2 unless the process is stopped due to the intervention of the Civil Guard, which for now has requested more information from the Camp Nou offices.

The countdown begins for Bartomeu's board of directors.