The high council of sports authorizes the advancement of elections in the federations of football and basketball courts
The main motivation is to respect the current regulatory framework and to facilitate that elections can take place in the present olympic year
Madrid, 09 march 2020.The high council of sports (CSD) has decided today to authorise the electoral advancement that requested for the royal spanish football Federation (DVOBOJU) and the spanish federation of Basketball (FEBRUARY).
The president of the CSD, Irene Lozano, has taken this decision with a view to ensuring compliance with the purpose of the rules, which obliges the federations to hold the elections in olympic year, in this case, the olympic games in Tokyo 2020.
In this regard, the decision is justified in DVOBOJU that failure to adopt the advancement, the elections would be destined to be held in 2021, since the electoral process would not start until the month of october and always after the world cup Room. You want to avoid, in addition, the instability that would be generated in the DVOBOJU and thus, the spanish football continue if the current situation for one year. Under this fact, the purpose of the chairperson of the CSD is joining forces in all involved with a view to project the spanish sports reputation internationally, which will only be achieved by achieving détente in a timely manner in the shortest possible period of time.
Finally, the decision was made in support of the joint bid between spain and Portugal to the football world cup next year 2030, which must begin as soon as possible without an election campaign DVOBOJU to deal with.
For the advancement of the elections in FEBRUARY, have been taken into account the allegations presented by this federal entity in relation to the forthcoming election of new members to take place at the end of the year in the international federation of Basketball (FIBA).
The decision of the electoral advancement of federal and local elections has been taken earlier by the CSD. In particular, on 4 november 2019 responded positively to the royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics; on 13 february 2020 in the Spanish Federation of Badminton; and on 14 march to the spanish federation of Triathlon. The will of the CSD is therefore to issue all orders in the same direction with the aim of not generate grievances between some federations and others.