Jaime Bastidas, brother of the president of the FEDA, is accused of taking a document stating the signature of the club delegates to the Assembly.
After the call to hold the elections for the new board of directors of the Ecuadorian Chess Federation (FEDA), this act was not carried out, last Saturday, in the auditorium of the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE), by decision of its President Emilio Bastidas, according to some leaders and members of the FEDA board of directors.
Marco Menendez, third main member of the FEDA, points out: “The elections did not take place because the FEDA has a statute approved many years ago, where there are several articles that go against what the Sports Law determines, including the Ministry of Sports sent a document to Mr. Bastidas where he reminds him of how to proceed in the elections of a national federation “
The manager indicated that the current president of the FEDA hid the document sent by the Ministry of Sports to cover your interests. “He lied to us because he said that the letter sent by the Ministry of Sports had not been received and then he indicated that it was delivered to him personally. Wanted involve only the clubs that he has and not all that are enabled. It does not respect the Sports Law, despite the warning from the Sports Ministry ”.
For chess leaders, accounts are not clear in the Ecuadorian;
“This was a mockery and we do not know what the strategy of Mr. Bastidas is, but more blind is the one who does not want to see his intentions to leave his brother in office. This was strategic to suspend the assemblyIt seems that he wants to continue more in power. Now he has to call again as soon as possible so that the sport of chess can rise and that the athlete can take advantage of the national championships, ”said the FEDA board member.
Martha Fierro, everything started badly
For its part, Martha Fierro, who has received the support of several clubs to be a candidate for the presidency of the FEDA, indicated that “It all started badly because at the beginning they didn’t let anyone in that it was not on a list that the COE and President Bastidas had. Nobody from the directory, nor from the clubs knew the list; After several complaints, the list was expanded and those of us who had not been able to enter were allowed in. “
The vice president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said that the notary, who had been summoned by Bastidas, arrived at 11:30 and the COE overseer did so at 11:40. “The assembly began at 11:45.”
Fierro pointed out that at the time of empowering the clubs present, Bastidas insisted that the secretary of the FEDA read about the requirements to participate in the assembly, which are not related to the Sports Law. “They were requirements that are not in accordance with the Sports Law. The president of the Decisive Advantage club, Freddy Orellana, requested that the document of the Ministry of Sports, which contains the guidelines to be followed for the elections and where it is certified that some requirements that Bastidas had notified that he would request them, are not in accordance with the Sports Law ”.
The International Grand Master He said that the secretary said that he could only attest to the legal requirements and not others demanded by Bastidas. “At that time the president of the FEDA, realizing that the members of his board of directors and delegates of the clubs they were upset by his way of acting, said that only he and the clubs had a voice in the assembly, something that was claimed because the members of the board also have a voice ”.
Fierro details the moment the Assembly was suspended. “Bastidas gave the floor to several delegates present and when he realized that they were questioning his way of acting, decided to suspend the assembly ”.
After the failed assembly, leaders of several clubs denounced that when the secretary asked the clubs to sign the minutes of their attendance, the brother of President Bastidas, Jaime, and who is a candidate to replace him, He took the document, despite the fact that they demanded that he return it.
President does not respond
Unlike what happened before the FEDA elections, where President Emilio Bastidas did address the concerns of Diario EL UNIVERSO and came up against accusations made by club leaders and from the same directory, this time we contacted him again and he did not respond to our queries. (D)
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