Bewilderment, confusion and nonsense accumulate in the Ciutat Esportiva de Las Rozas. In the latest chapter of the crisis that plagues the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), the Sports Administrative Court (TAD) considered the appeal of Miguel Galán, founder of the Cenafe coaching school, against the electoral process in the RFEF, which was about to proclaim Pedro Rocha, the only candidate able to gather more than 21 endorsements (107, specifically), president. The TAD agreed to postpone the proceedings in order for the electoral commission to issue a resolution adjusted to the law on Galán’s appeal, which called into question the presence of 40 allegedly “expired” assembly members in the census. This would mean repeating the entire electoral process from April 5 and giving Rocha’s opponents a new chance.
When all eyes were on the Superior Sports Council (CSD) to see if they would suspend Pedro Rocha, the TAD has surprised by ordering a repeat of the electoral process. However, on this point there are disagreements between the parties because, despite the fact that the TAD urges the commission to resolve the appeal that had been inhibited at first and retrace the process, from the Federation it is warned that this opinion it does not oblige to repeat the electoral process, since, as the TAD itself assured after a similar appeal before the management commission, no member of the assembly has lost the condition or the right to vote. “The General Assembly can continue to function validly, even if some of its members have resigned and the vacancies have not been filled, as long as it reaches the minimum quorum required in each case,” the letter said.
But the morning gave for more and shortly after the TAD rejected another appeal by Miguel Galán on the decision of the Electoral commission to nominate Pedro Rocha as the only candidate. The commission is now expected to resolve the matter of the census, the estimated date on the calendar is April 26 before the process can continue.
FIFA also showed its concern yesterday about the situation and in a statement they assure that, together with UEFA, on Thursday they met with representatives of the RFEF to learn first hand the intricacies of the difficult situation incumbent on the RFEF.
Meanwhile, Pedro Rocha remains under investigation as part of Operation Brodie, a judicial investigation that points to alleged crimes of corruption in business, disloyal administration and membership of a criminal organization. The judge decided to investigate him after he claimed that he did not know, as president of the economic commission, still with Luis Rubiales in the RFEF, and as interim president, the concession of the award to remodel the La Cartuja stadium in the construction company Gruconsa, where the brother of Pedro González Segura, director of federal legal services, works. The investigation by the Civil Guard points out that there could have been an alleged distribution of commissions between several leaders of the Federation.
