FC Barcelona official announcement

This afternoon, member Jordi Farré, promoter of the vote of censure against the FC Barcelona Board of Directors, has delivered the signatures of the club members who support his request to the offices of the Barcelona Supporter Services Office (OAB).

The corresponding count has been made, and a total of 20,687 signatures have been counted, pending validation pursuant to article 55.4 of the FC Barcelona Statutes.

The vote of censure procedure is governed by article 55 of the FC Barcelona Statutes.

Article 55.1: In this case, the party affected by the vote of censure are all members of the current Board of Directors.

Article 55.2:  The number of endorsements presented exceeds 15% of members with the right to vote on the day of the presentation of the announcement of the vote, set at 16,520.

Article 55.3: These signatures have been delivered within the period of 14 working days, counted from the day following the day that ballot papers were provided. 

Article 55.4: From now, a period of ten working days is set for the constitution of the Vote of Censure Board, made up of two members of the FC Barcelona Board of Directors, the first two signatories of the application and a delegate of the Catalan Football Federation.

Once it has been set up, it must, within a maximum period of ten working days, verify that the application meets the requirements to which it is subject and, in particular, that it has the appropriate backing and support of a sufficient number of members or delegates. The Board may invalidate any ballot papers that are not sufficiently accredited and may make whatever inquiries are necessary in order to ascertain their authenticity.

If all the requirements have been met, the application will be declared valid and the FC Barcelona Board of Directors shall be obliged to convene a vote, which shall be held within a period of not less than ten working days and not more than twenty. If all the requirements have not been met, the application for a vote of censure shall be rejected.