Jon Uriarte, aspiring to the presidency of Athletic, opted for a pioneering initiative to publicize the number of endorsements that he is collecting before the deadline for presenting them at the Ibaigane Palace ends this Saturday at 24 hours. The Izan Athletic candidacy published its first record with the signatures collected on its Twitter account on Tuesday night and updated it yesterday on its website. The initial amount was 1,423 at 11 p.m. on Tuesday and yesterday, at 11:45 p.m., it had risen to 1,997. The Biscayan businessman, therefore, achieved 574 guarantees in a short period of time.
The minimum number necessary is 2,016 (5% of the social mass), but it is advisable to exceed this figure because later the Electoral Board cancels ballots due to duplicities or erroneous data. On this, overcoming this barrier will depend on the pre-candidates obtaining the status of official candidates for the elections that will be held on June 24 in San Mamés for the first time in history. The final verdict will be known on June 9.
Everything indicates that both Jon Uriarte himself and Iñaki Arechabaleta and Ricardo Barkala, the other two presidential candidates, will exceed this figure to fight three-way to become the next president of Athletic for the next four years, number 33 in the history of Athletic Bilbao club.
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