Cesar Miretti of ‘Siempre Unión’: ‘Finances look bleak today’

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·4 June 2026

Cesar Miretti of ‘Siempre Unión’: ‘Finances look bleak today’

In an exclusive interview given at the Radio Gol 96.7 studios during the program hosted by Darío Pignata, César “Pato” Miretti and Matías Rittiner — key figures of the newly formed political group “Siempre Unión” — formally presented the foundations of their institutional project. With a long-term vision, the leaders outlined a “Master Plan” called Unión 2050, whose main focus is to put ideas and projects above the personalism that currently polarizes the club’s political life.

Miretti, a former member of the current board of directors, explained that the group is made up of a team of 30 people seeking to build consensus both with the ruling bloc led by Luis Spahn and with the main opposition force headed by Héctor “Pipo” Desvaux (Encuentro Unionista). “The day-to-day work of a board consumes you and doesn’t let you think. Today we’re outside of that, dedicated exclusively to planning the club 20 or 30 years ahead,” “Pato” emphasized.

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The pillars of the Statute reform

Lawyer Matías Rittiner was in charge of breaking down the key points of the preliminary reform proposal for the 1907 Statute, which they consider “outdated” for the club’s modern-day needs:

Term limits on reelection: A system is proposed allowing only one consecutive reelection for the positions of president and vice president (a maximum of two mandatory 3-year terms each), preventing indefinite stays in office.

Fixed election date: The project establishes that elections must be held, without exception, on the last weekend of May, eliminating any kind of political speculation based on calendars or AFA sporting results.

Single ballot and remote voting: The aim is to modernize the electoral system in line with the Santa Fe provincial model through the Single Ballot system, while also adding the right to vote remotely for out-of-town members.

Automatic recognition of lifetime members: The new text provides that members who turn 70 years old and have made 40 years of uninterrupted contributions automatically acquire lifetime member status, eliminating paid recruitment campaigns that compromise the club’s future assets.

Mandatory Informational Assemblies: The proposal makes it mandatory to hold an annual assembly purely for information purposes and without voting, separate from the traditional financial statement assembly, so that the board can report back to members. Failure to comply would carry the penalty of being barred from running in the following elections.

Transparency in private contributions

One of the most sensitive issues discussed at the Radio Gol table was the legal vacuum regarding how private monetary contributions made by club officials are regulated and repaid (as has historically occurred with the current president). On this matter, Rittiner explained that the draft introduces a strict transparency mechanism: “Any contribution, whether from directors or third parties, must be explicitly approved either in the board’s official minutes or before a notary public, recording the amount, the currency, the interest, and the exact method of repayment, and it must also be specifically listed in the financial statements.”

Concern over the club’s current “financial picture”

Asked about the institution’s current situation, the members of “Siempre Unión” shared a cautious and concerned view regarding the Tatengue’s finances.

“Today’s financial picture is bad. There are many suppliers who aren’t being paid, and the club is going through a difficult situation, depending exclusively on the sale of a player or the collection of some overdue installment,” Miretti stated bluntly. Both leaders agreed that these economic shortfalls, while common in the country’s broader context, are felt twice as hard at Unión because of the lack of long-term planning and budget management.

While awaiting the return in July of businessman Facundo Vega, another of the group’s visible figures, the organization will seek to formalize meetings with the different political sectors in the coming months in order to immediately put the debate over statute reform on the table.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.