Ricardo Barkala, President of the Port Authority of Bilbao, has confirmed this Monday that he and his team have already decided to present a candidacy for the presidency of Athletic and are ready “at the starting line”.
At a press conference in the Port, Barkala, who was a councilor for the PNV in the Bilbao City Council, stated that are “quite advanced” the “economic aspectssports and social” of the candidacy for Athletic’s board of directors.
“We have already decided to introduce ourselves when they are convened, but you have to be respectful, there are no elections called and there is nothing to stand for. We are not going to move at all until Elizegui (the current president) calls elections, if he calls them “, he commented.
Aitor Elizegi does not finish his mandate until the end of the year, but He has promised that he will advance the elections to before the summer, no date set yet. Elizegi will not stand for re-election, and Barkala is the first candidate to publicly confirm that he will run for office.
Source: Eitb
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