San Lorenzo crisis: club to decide next steps at assembly | OneFootball

This Monday at the Nuevo Gasómetro, the Assembly will take place where the 90 members will decide on the new government and the date for the elections.

San Lorenzo faces a crucial Monday because at 6 PM, an Extraordinary Assembly is convened at the Pedro Bidegain stadium, where it is expected that the new interim Board of Directors will be elected, and the call for extraordinary elections will be addressed.

Awaiting the court's decision on Marcelo Moretti's request to annul the Board meeting where his government's vacancy was declared, get to know the confirmed candidates to take the reins of the club and the voting method that will be used.

The first names to present themselves as alternatives for the 90 assembly members are - for now - Sergio Costantino, César Francis, and Manuel Agote, belonging to the groups Por Amor a San Lorenzo, Volver a San Lorenzo, and Movete Boedo Movete, respectively.

Costantino is already a familiar face within the Boedo environment, having been part of the governments of Matías Lammens and Marcelo Tinelli. In 2023, he was a presidential candidate for the then-official party and came in third, which allowed him to join as a minority member of the Board of Directors and was one of the five who did not resign from his position, as doing so would have prevented him from being a candidate this Monday. Additionally, in September, he also had the chance to preside over an interim Board.

César Francis, on the other hand, is a well-known opposition member. In fact, he was a protagonist in Tuesday's meeting due to some posts on his X account, requesting, along with Marcelo Culotta, Moretti's resignation, and he was the first, along with another leader, Cristian Mera, to file a corruption complaint against the now former president of Cuervo. In the 2023 elections, he was also a candidate like Costantino, but finished fourth, that is, last.

Manuel Agote is the leader of Movete Boedo Movete and very close to Sebastián Pareja, a political organizer in the Buenos Aires province for La Libertad Avanza, the political force to which Argentina's president, Javier Milei, belongs. Agote recently filed a complaint with the General Inspection of Justice (IGJ) requesting the club's intervention because the deadlines for Moretti to call a meeting with the Board had expired. However, that did not happen, and the meeting took place on Tuesday.

According to journalist Pablo Lafourcade, Matías Lammens intends to run for a second term as president of the Ciclón, a position he held from 2012 to 2019. Although the club managed to win the championship three times during that period, it ended with significant disapproval from its fans.

The lists must consist of 20 people and must be presented by an assembly member to their peers to be part of the election among the 90 eligible to vote. The voting method will be by a show of hands, and the proposal with a simple majority of votes will be declared the winner.

Regarding the early elections, there must be a motion with the call and date, which will also be voted on by nominal vote (where each person expresses their will and their vote is clear) and will be approved by a simple majority. Although it is unknown when the call will be made, the intention is for the government elected this Monday to serve until the extraordinary elections.

The president of the Assembly, Daniel Matos, commented on the complexity of setting a date but made it clear that it is necessary to resolve the situation before all members, not just the assembly members elected in 2023. "It is complicated to vote in 90 days. We need to vote during 2026, that's for sure."

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