At the annual assembly of Barca socis on the 19th of August, 2009, amendments to the constitution of FC Barcelona were made regarding the terms of the president and the board.86% of those present in the assembly voted for the extension of the term from the earlier four to six years. The president of the board may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.
The change in the constitution is in accordance with the decree of the Catalan parliament, which limits the terms for club boards and presidents from a minimum of six to a maximum of eight years.
All the mandates of a newly elected board shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30. In the event of an early termination, the term of the new board shall also take effect from July 1 and the period in between will not be counted as one year. This was done to avoid situations like the one that arose with Laporta in 2006, when he was forced to call elections because his first eight days in office in 2003 were counted as one year as per the previous statutes.
The reform also confirmed Catalan as the statutory language of the club and the Catalan citizenship as a necessary pre-requisite for presidential candidacy. Other highlights of the constitutional assembly include penalties for members who have xenophobic, violent or unsportsmanlike behavior.
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Next president will stay on for six years
Sirius Said,
is laporta allowed to run again???
Posted on 20 August 2009 at 07:25
Anonymous Said,
In theory, is it possible for Laporta to be the president in 2016?
Posted on 20 August 2009 at 07:29