The candidacy headed by Gaika Toquero for the presidency of the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) denounced the “irregularities promoted since the candidacy of David Aganzo, which allegedly have altered the cleanliness of the electoral process”, and the “obvious signs of fraud”. “From #AFEUnidos we want to show our most absolute indignation with everything that is happening in the electoral process. Gaizka Toquero and his entire team are going to put in the hands of the pertinent organizations the chain of irregularities promoted since the candidacy of David Aganzo with the complicity of the Electoral Commission, that presumably they have altered the cleanliness of the process “, indicated.
In a statement #AFEunidos noted that his candidacy has “been able to detect numerous alleged irregularities throughout the process” and that “from the Management Commission and the candidacy of David Aganzo has been continually pressuring the members of the Electoral Table to the point of bringing one of them to tears “. “Another of the serious irregularities detected has been the casting of a significant number of votes from affiliates who did not appear in the electoral roll for vote by mail, and even voters who are not even affiliated, which could be an attempt to introduce votes of irregular shape, “he added.
#AFEunidos assured that “it will not stop until the cleanup of the elections is clarified given the obvious signs of fraud” and that “these events, and some others, are already in the hands of the candidacy's lawyers and will provoke a forceful action by immediately “. Among their complaints, the Toquero team alluded to the “treatment that the auditor of #AFEUnidos, Jesús Barbadilla, 'Jesule', is receiving,” who has had to remain locked up in a room for 3 days, locked up in some moments, and forced to urinate in bottles “.
“It is absolutely incredible that in the year 2021 it takes a week to count 5,000 votes in a process that does not meet any guarantee of transparency and cleanliness. Nothing can surprise us about a candidate, Aganzo, who has been charged with various crimes, including bribery of a public official, “he pointed out. After 7 this morning the Electoral Table decided to suspend until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday the 15th. the counting of votes in the elections due to exhaustion and one of its members being indisposed. The Electoral Table is made up of a president and two members, all of them AFE affiliates, chosen by lot, and a secretary (with voice, but without vote), and its members are the ones who establish the work and rest hours.
Upon receipt of the vote by mail, majority in these elections, and the face-to-face voting made Last Friday, the 9th, the Electoral Table began the validation and counting of the votes by mail one by one for their subsequent introduction into the ballot box, a process that was interrupted at 6.30 am on Saturday, April 10, and which resumed on Sunday. Finished the same, The vote count began last morning, which he decided to suspend early this morning. The AFE census includes 11,908 members with voting rights.
Candidacy Aganzo does not share the suspension of the count and asks to speed up the process
On the other hand, David Aganzo's candidacy for the elections of the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) disagreed with the decision of the Electoral Table to suspend the vote count on Monday until Thursday 15 and asked that “it be expedited as much as possible for the sake of clarity and transparency.”
“We respect but cannot at all share the decision made by the Electoral Board to postpone the counting of the votes until Thursday. Decision adopted at a critical point in the process, when the scrutiny operation was taking place and at a late stage in the process.“He said. In a statement he requested that this electoral process be expedited” as much as possible for the sake of clarity and transparency so that AFE is no longer without a president or Board of Directors. “
Aganzo's candidacy has requested in writing from the Electoral Commission information on the reasons why the vote count is being delayed and on how the legal deadlines remain for the presentation of possible appeals and the final proclamation of results before the decided suspension today. “On the part of this candidacy, we place ourselves at the disposal of the Electoral Commission for what they need and that these elections can conclude in the most efficient and rapid way possible.“The team led by Aganzo, which is running for re-election for a second term, against the one led by Gaizka Toquero, added in his note.