Uriarte hopes to get the necessary signatures "no problem"

Jon Uriarte’s candidacy lags behind his two rivals for the Ibaigane seat, Ricardo Barkala at Inaki Arechabaleta. The president of the Port of Bilbao and the executive of Vocento have long been working on collecting the member signatures needed to become official candidates. They should be valid for 2,016.

Uriarte He is convinced to reach that number without a problem. “We are proud of what we have done. We’ve worked on this for years, we could have introduced ourselves earlier, but we didn’t want to get involved with male and female groups. The focus should be on athletic achievements. We knew it was going to be difficult for us, but it was a decision we made consciously. This adds to the difficulty. We have 10 days less to get the signatures. We started on Sunday night to collect them. We are very confident that we are going to exceed that figure without any problem ”, said the Biscayan businessman in the presentation of the main lines of his project.

Uriarte He added that they will assess “transparency and equity in information” as a reference to the media. “We treat everyone equally to get the message across in a transparent way,” he said.

The best professionals

The pre-candidate wants to have the best professionals in all areas of management “and not just in the field” and he will try to promote the Athletic brand on a national and international level: “We have a tremendous asset , that’s how we do things… However, when you travel a lot of people don’t know our history. “

Her candidacy will give women special relevance “to decision -making bodies and to the club’s present beyond the football section”. It will also give new impetus to the Foundation. “His creation seemed like a very good idea to us, he did a very good job but like other areas of the club we had to give him a push,” he said.