Benfica presidential candidate hits out at rivals: "You shame our club” | OneFootball

Rui Costa made serious accusations against some of his competitors in the Benfica elections, due to the events that unfolded at the last General Assembly of the Eagles. The current President's list accuses other candidates of orchestrating the incidents that took place at the GA, although no names are mentioned.

Rui Costa's list issued a statement denouncing the situation, which reads as follows: "What happened yesterday at the General Assembly of Sport Lisboa e Benfica shames our club. It was not a coincidence. It was an orchestrated maneuver, planned and executed by a candidacy that seeks to turn Benfica into an arena of insults, lies, and attacks on people's dignity. We will not accept that the honor and honesty of those who stand up for Benfica are trampled by those who only know how to resort to defamation."

"Benfica fans need to know: there is a candidacy that manipulates polls, that manipulates the electoral campaign with volunteers planted to speak to the televisions at the gates of Estádio da Luz and the stadiums where Benfica plays, that manipulates general assemblies," read the statement issued by Rui Costa's list.

The accusations continued: "That boos and jeers at the members who come from afar to express the legitimate concerns of those who do not live in Lisbon or in Portugal, that rejects accounts with 30 million in profit and then corners the club into a solution that will force it to spend millions of euros to ensure the right to vote for many, but not for all."

"It is a rehearsed, repeated, and unworthy strategy for anyone who wants to lead Sport Lisboa e Benfica," concludes Rui Costa's list, the current President who, at the General Assembly of Benfica, saw the Report and Accounts, as well as the new electoral regulations of the club, rejected.

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