The Barcelona Assembly, which lasted more than eight hours, had the flavor of a pantomime and a very low participation in front of Joan Laporta who continued to show his chest in front of his delegate partners. Only 15% of its delegates voted for its accounts and only 21% logged in. Very bad figures for an entity which affirmed this Saturday that everything at Can Barça is idyllic.
The Assembly of Members of the Barcelona It began at 10:30 a.m. during the second convocation and lasted beyond 6:30 p.m., lasting more than eight hours in the Auditorium of 1899. An Assembly which was again telematic for the fifth time in the history of the culé entity. The members of the Blaugranas did not appreciate it at all.
Only 927 delegate members connected to the Assembly of delegate members of the Barcelona, it started with a speech full of flowers Joan Laporta to himself, who ended up saying that the cave wants to destroy Barça. Same old story. But if we talk about the fact that only 21% of delegates were online (there were 4,331 accredited), the percentage of voters was much lower. Only 15% with 633 votes.
It helped Joan Laporta to approve their accounts, and there are many doubts with them throughout the environment Barcelona. The liquidation of last season’s exercise was approved by 452 votes for, 156 against and 25 blanks. And the budget for the 24/25 season exercise was also approved by 409 votes for, 75 against and 28 blanks.
Laporta’s victimist speech
The Assembly of Barcelona began around 10:30 a.m., during the second convocation, in Auditorium 1899, with the annual report of Joan Laporta. Although the president of the culé had promised that this year it would be in person, it was done online for the fifth time in the history of the Barça entity. The Barça leader began with a speech lasting almost an hour where he once again used victimization to conquer his social masses.
“To continue to live this reality, we must remain more united than ever and maintain institutional stability. Because we are fighting against everything and everyone, it is not an exercise in victimization, it is reality, we feel it every day. We see it with the Negreira case, where they stretch the gum and it appears when we are well. There are also people who don’t want us to win, it makes them angry. To defend ourselves, we cannot show weakness, they want to destroy us. This is why I do not share any of the apocalyptic predictions of those who are not there or expected. They want to create a reality that does not exist and this weakens them. And we cannot show weakness, we must be strong to fight against those who want to destroy us. I mean the cave”, that’s how I end Joan Laporta his speech. Using victim status to gain approval from compromising partners.
Laporta He was also asked about the possibility of declaring Bartomeu persona non grata and he was direct: “Bartomeu is the victim of social and public sanctions due to poor management. He is the subject of an investigation at Barçagate. “I don’t want to lead cruelty.”
The new Camp Nou in front of the members
Helene Fort presented to the Ordinary General Assembly the latest update on the progress of the renovation of Barça’s new home. “The dream comes true,” said the vice-president, emphasizing the importance of a great work that becomes the dream of all Barcelona supporters.
Fort reviewed the overall schedule of Espai Barça, also mentioning the Palau Blaugrana project, which is moving forward in parallel, as well as all the exterior urbanization of the streets and the future Barça Campus. At the same time, he explained that “for Palau we are finishing the development of the basic project and we hope to be able to show it soon”, adding that it is the architect Eduard Gascón who is writing it, who was already part of the winning team of the international architectural competition in 2015. The vice-president also wanted to emphasize that the Club “will give priority to the works of the Spotify Camp Nou, taking into account the fact that on the Miniestadi field there is part recycled materials material used for the work on the new stadium.
Regarding the deadlines planned for the new Camp Nou calendar, the vice-president maintained the will of the Club and which had already been expressed at a press conference a few weeks ago, assuring that today “the Club continues to work with the desire to ensure that the Stadium is ready to return at the end of this year 2024. In this sense, he also mentioned the status of all licenses related to the new stadium and wanted to highlight the joint work with Barcelona City Hall to carry out the various approvals.
It was the Barça Assembly
The Assembly of FC Barcelona is the supreme governing body of the Club and is made up of a randomly drawn representation of 2.5% of the members, by the Senators (members with membership number between 1 and 1,000), the members of the Council current Directors, members of statutory commissions, former Club presidents and presidents of territorial federations of member clubs with more than five years of seniority. 4,331 delegate members from Barcelona were convened with the following agenda:
- President’s report.
- Report and approval, where applicable, of the regulations for the financial year corresponding to the 2023/2024 season.
- Report and approval, where applicable, of the budget for the financial year corresponding to the 2024/2025 season.
- Ratification, where applicable, of the Partners Mediator, appointed in accordance with the provisions of article 57.2 of the Statutes.
- Report of the Partners Mediator.
- Espaï Barça. Current situation and next objectives.
- Distinction, as honorary member of the handball section, to Mr. Valero Rivera López in accordance with the provisions of article 17 of the Statutes.
- Proposals from partners in accordance with the provisions of article 20.11 of the Statutes.
- Open intervention session.
