Tatengue presence: Luis Spahn attends AFA Assembly in Ezeiza | OneFootball

With the presence of Unión’s president, Luis Spahn, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) held an Extraordinary Assembly this Tuesday at the “Lionel Andrés Messi” complex in Ezeiza, where all ten items on the agenda were unanimously approved. Among the most notable resolutions, the change of legal address of the entity was made official, moving from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires to the Province of Buenos Aires.

The meeting was attended by 44 out of 46 assembly members, with the only absences being Huracán and the Civil Association Circle of Directors, Former Directors, Former Players, Former Referees, and Former Football Coaches. Under the leadership of Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, the officials ratified the statutory reforms necessary to carry out the legal transfer, which will allow the AFA to be registered under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Directorate of Legal Entities and not the General Inspectorate of Justice (IGJ), which is under the national government.

The measure, interpreted as a key political strategy, seeks to give the governing body of Argentine football greater administrative autonomy, after several months of tensions with the IGJ, which had objected to modifications promoted by the Executive Committee. With this approval, the AFA’s legal headquarters will leave its historic building at Viamonte 1366 (CABA) and will officially move to the Ezeiza complex, where most of its departments and offices are already located.

During the session, changes to various articles of the Social Statute were also approved — among them numbers 1°, 20, 28, 35, 40, 73, 74, and 93 — which cover matters related to institutional structure, the Executive Committee, the promotion and relegation system, and the powers of the Board of Directors. In addition, Tapia and Secretary General Cristian Malaspina were authorized to carry out the necessary procedures with the relevant authorities to complete the jurisdiction transfer.

Unión’s president, Luis Spahn, played an active role in the meeting, accompanied by the main leaders of Argentine football, in a day that unfolded with absolute normality and total consensus.

The AFA highlighted that this change will allow for greater legal and operational security, as it will depend on the legal framework of the Province of Buenos Aires. They also emphasized that the decision is part of a process of institutional modernization, which includes the digitalization of administrative processes and the consolidation of the Ezeiza Training Center as the central hub of federative activity.

With this measure, the AFA reaffirms its administrative independence and takes a momentous step towards a new organizational stage, while the participation of leaders from the provinces, such as Spahn, reinforces the federal presence in the strategic decisions of Argentine football.

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