Farré and Cornet put the “imminent” motion of censure against Laporta in the hands of the opposition

Businessman Jordi Farré, who was twice a pre-candidate for the presidency of FC Barcelona and leader of the motion of censure against former president Josep Maria Bartomeu, explained this Wednesday along with fellow club member Marc Cornet that they did not present a motion this Tuesday. of censure against the current Blaugrana president, Joan Laporta, due to a lack of agreement between opinion groups and future candidates for the presidency, but they made it clear that they believe that said motion will go ahead in the future “imminent” whoever the visible head is.

In a long press appearance at the Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya, both Jordi Farré and Marc Cornet explained that the pressure received from FC Barcelona executives and from different opinion groups and opponents, such as Víctor Font or the new platform of ‘Som un Clam’, to not present the motion of censure this Tuesday, January 7, was key for said motion to be modified and that right now it is in the hands of those same opposition groups that want a “who and a how” different.

“On Sunday, 10 opinion groups called for Laporta’s resignation, motion of confidence or motion of censure. I have been part of ‘Seguiment FCB’ for many years and spoke with colleagues and pre-candidates. For me, the opinion of my colleagues is very important. But the candidates have strength. I didn’t want parallel debates, I wanted a single debate; should the Board continue or not? To avoid those parallel debates, my decision was to stop Jordi Farré because he wanted to throw out the motion. forward,” Cornet explained.

Had the motion been presented, Cornet believes the situation could have been redirected. But in the end, this lack of agreement between opinion groups and opponents led to there being no motion of censure. Of course, what Cornet and Farré continue to agree on, despite that admitted “disagreement” on Tuesday, is that there will be a motion “imminently” but without a date; It could be days, weeks or even months.

“The motion of censure is going to go forward, the opinion against the Board is the majority. The opinion groups are asking us for a few more days, we are going to build it in some other way and we will achieve it. I am convinced that the opinion groups do not They are going to fail us,” Cornet expressed.

For this Blaugrana partner, the motion of censure must be “imminent and irremediable.” “We must all go together because the enemy is strong. It is important to all row in the same direction. That is why we give a vote of confidence to the opinion groups to lead this motion of censure, which is a matter of time. For us it is not “It is important who presents it, we appreciate that the groups have advanced it and we, from the base, will support them. Because Barça needs the motion of censure, the damage is irreparable,” he assured.

And there he agrees with Jordi Farré, who should have been the visible face of this motion in the beginning, and who now asks that this motion go ahead “whoever” the leader is. But without ruling it out, as ‘plan B’, to lead it again if he believes that no one else is pulling the wagon in the coming days.

For Farré, Joan Laporta’s Board of Directors “lives in a parallel reality.” “Since Laporta started, the atrocities have not stopped. The economic situation is much worse than when they started despite the levers, who are already selling grandmother’s jewels. There is corruption, like with the issue of ISL or Spotify. There are all the grounds for a motion of censure,” he said. “I want this Board of Directors to leave because they are corrupt, those who do it and those who are complicit. The entire Board of Directors must leave,” he stressed.

The former candidate is clear that there is “corruption” in FC Barcelona and that the motion of censure must go ahead no matter what. For this reason, while Cornet trusts the opinion groups to lead it, once this Tuesday’s attempt has failed, Farré assures that he will work in the shadows to collect signatures and be able to deliver them to whoever leads the motion.

“I don’t want to put a ‘timing’, I hope they put the motion of censure but I have doubts if they will put it. Many doubts. I don’t put a ‘timing’ but we will continue to pay attention to it, I will continue working. In the end, what I want is Let President Laporta and his Board march. Whoever presents the motion, I don’t care, but I will look for signatures. I don’t care who presents it, but I will look for signatures,” he explained.

He did clearly announce that, after the failed attempts in 2015 and 2021, he will not run again in the presidential elections. “I have no electoral interest, I will never run for Barça elections again. I make it very clear. My only interest is to dismiss this Board that seems disastrous to the interests of the club and that should not continue even one more day.” “he assured.

And he took the opportunity to attack the pre-candidate Víctor Font, leader of ‘Yes to the Future’ and member of that opposition group that calls for Laporta’s departure. “Font was one of the people who pushed for the motion not to be presented now, out of electoral interest. He wants to be the king of the opposition, but he lacks courage and hides behind opinion groups. He has not had the courage for me to call me to pressure me. But if it is so important for him to lead the way, he should present the motion now,” he asked.

Because Farré has no doubt that the motion of censure, whether presented when it is presented, will succeed. As did his motion of censure against Bartomeu in 2020. “I have no doubt that the signatures for the motion would be obtained, they were already obtained in 2020 in a COVID-19 situation. There would be no problem. In fact, I There is pressure on the media to cover up everything in the motion and not talk about it. If they don’t want it to be talked about, it will be for a reason,” he said.