Catalan sports paper El 9 Esportiu claims that 'Un Crit Valent', an FC Barcelona platform led by Jordi Medina, has decided to take part in this year's elections for president of FC Barcelona.Medina is a 45-year old Catalan lawyer who was a pre-candidate in the 2003 and 2006 elections but failed twice to collect enough signatures of club members.
After analysing the situation and having been contacted by other groups who have the intention to participate in the elections, 'Un Crit Valent' thinks the best option is to join forces with others and present one common project.
At this moment, negotiations would be ongoing to finialize the program and to decide who will be the main people in the candidacy. It wouldn't be excluded that they will try to attract a candidate who is at this moment not yet linked with any of the groups involved.
Although 'Un Crit Valent' is reported to keep the option open to take part in the elections on their own, the talks would be well-advanced and there wouldn't be any more major obstacles that could block a deal. Nothing has yet been made public because the people involved would think this is not yet the right time to come out.
Catalan radio station RAC 1 claims that Jordi Medina could team up with two candidates in the 2003 elections: former player's agent Josep Maria Minguella and agricultural businessman Jordi Majó.
A source of the club's entourage consulted by this blog has said that a deal between Medina and Majó is unlikely after the latter gave his support to Jaume Guixà and not to Medina in the 2006 elections.
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Just curious but what's the record of most candidates to ever run for an election?
ReplyDeleteGuess 2003 was pretty impressive, IBES, with 6 actual candidates and some more pre-candidates like Medina.
ReplyDeleteIn 2006 there was one, in 2000 two, in 1997 two and I think the tradition before that was also of not having a lot of candidates (think there were four when núnez was chosen for the first time in 1978, one of them being nicolau casaus), so "6" might be the record.
Thanks. I had a feeling everyone thought they could get the job done after the fiasco of the Gaspart era. What a dark cloud that people seem to forget when they label Laporta a disgrace lol.
ReplyDeleteI think we might have the same number but is that the 6 who got enough people to fill in their petitions?
With the "petitions" you mean the signatures, IBES? You can't really know it since the collection of the signatures can only start once the elections are officially called (we'll guide you through the whole procedure once things start).
ReplyDeleteBut if we go through the names: Rosell will get them, Godall will, Ferrer could have some trouble if he runs, Guixa is been preparing the elections for four years so he should get them, Benedito has said he will get them, Llaurado had a lot signatures (more than votes) seven years ago but he is less known now, Medina had two tries so guess he should now know how things work. We'll see, will be interesting.
Or maybe you were referring to 2003? Yes, in 2003 they were six on the voting ballot (Bassat, Laporta, Llaurado, Majo, Martinez-Rovira and Minguella). Others, like Medina and Jordi Casals (and I think also some "fun candidates"), didn't pass the cut.
ReplyDeleteThanks man. I was more interested in the final candidates. 6 is a big record and I think it might get that close. Guess we have to see how many signatures all these candidates get.
ReplyDeleteWell, first time I heard about it, one moth ago, i´m sure before Christmas, the were planning a complete team for lections with, the thing I call the "Three Ms", I mean, Medina+Majó+Minguella, but the were looking for a "different face", and they thought on Guixà.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you remember I posted that in Yoya.
Are you flemish? belgian?
Do you know that in yoya some guys think that this is a rosellist blog?
ReplyDeleteFlemish ànd belgian... ;) And yeah, we discussed that earlier. Some also think the opposite... Since I'm for example not very "diario amigo" minded.
ReplyDeleteBy the way: couldn't the "different face" be Rexach? Because he confirmed he had an offer from a group of socios, so the stories could come nicely together...
ReplyDeleteOuw, flemish! my family is getting a new member on next July... he ´s flemish, too! but he isn´t belgian, he says!
ReplyDeleteAnd a Standard supporter, too.
No, no, at the beggining they thought on Guixà,but I think this isn´t on their head yet.
Standard isn't flemish. Even a bit anti-flemish sometimes, and quite belgian. So maybe your family should check the guy some more before you allow him in... ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd I think it was pretty clear that Guixà wanted to run alone. He has been preparing for the elections since 2006 and he doesn't seem willing to join others.
Really, he ´s flemish and Standard Liege supporter! And more, he doesn´t like to talk in french at all! I invited him to see Barça-Vilareal two weeks ago and we were talking about Cup Champions du Coup Final (Recopa for catalans and spaniards) in 1982 and played in Camp Nou; as you maybe know, we beated Standard 2-1 in our second Recup title. I told him about that final (he was so child and don´t remember so much but he heard about it) and then he told about Playoff Final against Anderlecht last year.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, as you can see, I have a strange family, a flemish future-married with a american-catalan woman (my cousin, "prima-hermana")
At least turn him into a Barça supporter, ok? And tell him that the real FCB in Belgium is FC Bruges... ;)
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