The Supreme Sports Council made two basic decisions this Wednesday. Activating RFEF’s selection process once and for all to replace the already former federal president, Luis Rubiales. On the one hand, it published the draft Ministerial Decree that will regulate all national federation elections to be held in 2024, and on the other hand, it officially approved it. RFEF’s request to advance regular electionsThe celebration is planned to be held in the last quarter of next year.
The Government is thus shaping the scenario that has been set since Rubiales’ resignation and the establishment of a management company headed by him. Pedro Rocha. Renewal of the Ministerial Decree regulating federative processes, the last update of which dates back to 2015, It was planned before the Rubiales case came to lighthowever, these events led to the inclusion of some previously unforeseen aspects.
This text is now available to the public so that interested parties can contribute, which will then need to be reviewed by the CSD. Bureaucratic procedures will be extended at least until the end of NovemberWhen will the final text be published in the BOE?
RFEF’s election regulations
Each national sports federation must then develop its own selection regulations within the framework of the said Ministerial Decree. Government’s predictions The most striking change in the new CSD text was the shield that a leader who is disqualified at any time by a national or international sports organization cannot become the president of the federation. An example for better understanding: If FIFA eventually decides to disqualify RubialesAndalusian leader, even for a month Never in his life could he aspire to chair the RFEF again..
The other procedure required to activate this process, the certification of election progress, was also approved this Wednesday. This was just a formalism, because both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Victor FrancosLike a minister, Michael IcetaHe had announced weeks ago his desires for the definitive replacement of Rubiales to occur in this way, through a new parliament created from a new Ministerial Decree.
The most notable change in the new CSD text is the assurance that a leader who is disqualified at any time by a national or international sports organization cannot become the president of the federation. An example for better understanding: If FIFA eventually decides to disqualify RubialesAndalusian leader, even for a month Never in his life could he aspire to chair the RFEF again..
Until now, the disqualification of an organization such as FIFA implied this problem as long as that disqualification remained in force. But there was always such a possibility the affected person appealed to the Spanish Justice He said an international sports organization did not have the power to veto itself in elections held under Spanish law. As long as the existing articles of the Ministerial Order remain in force (any current or future Government may change this at its discretion), this risk is eliminated.
Ministerial Decree Changes
Apart from the Rubiales case, the new statement also brings changes regarding the composition of federative assemblies. In terms of gender, It is mandatory for women to attend meetings.With varying percentages depending on the women’s licenses each federation has. In parliaments where women represent at least a quarter, women should not be less than 40 percent. To give the most media example at the current meeting of the RFEF, There were only six women among 140 members.
Moreover The status of ex officio members of the assemblies has been removed from that of regional headsTherefore, if they want to be part of the national structure, they need to be selected by their own regions for this job. The presence of athletes in these bodies is also increased and the conditions that athletes must meet to be considered eligible are eased.
And although it may seem more typical of a banana republic, until now votes for the composition of the parliament could be counted without effective evidence that those votes were correctly cast by the person entitled to those votes. Brings new text editing Mechanisms to ensure voter identification In addition to the demand for more physical voting centers in most of the regional centers of the different federations, through ID or passport in postal voting.