Once Spain qualifies for the next European Championship in Germany, the question that arises is: And now what is happening to Luis de la Fuente? The Rioja coach, who already won the Nations League last summer, has a contract until 2024.
The question that arises now is, and given the temporary situation in the RFEF, whether or not the team leader can be renewed to oversee the national team at the event in Germany.
For this, we must assume that the RFEF president, according to the Laws, appoints the coach and the Board of Directors must approve this decision. According to its Article 32 and establishes that the functions of the Board of Directors are to “appoint, at the proposal of the president, the national selectors, as well as their technical staff.”
But it is coming out now The RFEF is governed by the Management Commission since last September 15 and after the resignation five days before Luis Rubiales as president. And when this happens, and according to Article 31 of the same Laws regarding the functions of the president, it determines that “if the president stops for a reason other than the end of his mandate, the Board of Directors will form a Commission in Management. .”
And this is the situation in which we find ourselves and that Pedro Rocha has ruled for 31 days. A Management Commission that can, at Rocha’s own suggestion, renew a coach.
The key is in the Royal Decree that controls the process in the Spanish Sports Federations, which makes it clear that the Management Commission “will be the body in charge of the administration and management of the Federation during the electoral process, they will not be able to carry out actions directly or indirectly directly, mediately or immediately , encourage or condition the meaning of the vote of the electorate, and must follow the principles of objectivity, transparency of the electoral process and equality between electoral actors. These provisions will be applied on the activity carried out by the staff of the Federation and other federating bodies during the electoral process.” That is, the Commission is in charge of the day-to-day management of the Spanish Football Federation. You can make any decision, but if they are very important, and have an important impact on the institution, they must be completely justified.
Exactly in the same Royal Decree where the door was left open for the period of its action to exceed the month or two that was first managed by a federation. As in the case of the RFEF and after the CSD authorized the holding of elections in the first half of 2024: “If due to circumstances or incidents that arise in the electoral process, its completion is excessively delayed, made difficult, compromised . or “endangering the ordinary development of the sports activity of the Spanish Sports Federation, the Management Commission, with the supervision and authorization of the Higher Sports Council, may adopt important measures to avoid said situation.”
The Royal Decree that controls the process in the Spanish Sports Federations clarifies that “they will be the body in charge of the administration and management of the Federation during the electoral process, they will not be able to carry out actions directly or indirectly, through media. or immediately, induce or condition the meaning of the voters’ vote, and must follow the principles of objectivity, transparency of the electoral process and equality between electoral actors. and other federative bodies during of the electoral process.” That is, the Commission is in charge of the day-to-day management of the Spanish Football Federation. You can make any decision, but if they are very important, and have an important impact on the institution, they must be completely justified.
It is precisely in this Royal Decree that the door is left open for the period of its action to be extended beyond the month or two months first governed by a federation: “If due to circumstances or incidents that arise in the electoral process , delayed its completion. by “excessing, hindering, compromising or endangering the ordinary development of the sports activity of the Spanish Sports Federation, the Management Commission, with the supervision and authorization of the Higher Sports Council, may adopt important measures to avoid the said situation.”
Then Pedro Rocha can propose to the members of the Management Commission the renewal of Luis de la Fuente and they can approve it. And he can still do it in the meeting he called for the next October 24. Both with the presidents of the territories and the Commission itself.
The future president and Board of Directors of the RFEF
But also, and since the RFEF elections will be held in the first four months of the year, this decision may be pending for the future president of the federation. And whoever is elected must nominate, according to the same Laws, this position to the future Board of Directors.
Something that could also be done before the Euro Cup dispute that starts on June 14, 2024.
Source: La Verdad
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