The second head of government, Laura Villagrahas requested the resignation of the president of Catalan Football Federation (FCF), Joan Soteras, following the information that appeared in this newspaper and revealed the alleged fraud in the elections that elevated him to the presidency. Specifically, Soteras and 8 other FCF members (including its general director, José Miguel Calle, and its communications advisor, Álvaro Montoliu) are being investigated for alleged crimes of unfair administration and falsification of public and private documents.
On his social network account X (formerly Twitter), Vilagrà posted: “This is not the first time we have said this. Catalan football is already in the eye of the storm for alleged corruption or misrepresentation of documents. We demand the resignation of Soteras, president of the Catalan Football Federation.
More complaints about counterfeiting
According to information in recent days, more clubs are appearing in the summary of the investigation for alleged electoral fraud.
The expresser of CE Abadessenc, after showing him the notarial act, “was confirmed by the fact that he did not recognize his participation in the preparation of the notarial act prepared in Sabadell. That the signature appearing to be his, he does not recognize”, and that he “does not understand the necessity of forging this document as he himself, and voluntarily, agreed to make one in the town of Salt.”
The representative of Beautiful scenery He stated that “someone from the polling station told him he needed a notarized document.” At that moment, the representative of Soteras’ candidacy accessed the electoral office and gave him a document and did not review the content of the minutes.”
There is also the statement of Sant Roc de Olot: “The declarant is being questioned in relation to the notary act in which Sant Roc Olot CF authorized Víctor Güell Serra to publicize said notary act at the ‘Marta Navarro Redondo’ notary office in Sabadell. The declarant replied that he never participated in the preparation of the said minutes and that it was not he and his club who decided to give power to the person mentioned.” Furthermore, it says that “the declarant states that none of the signatures on the file belongs to him and therefore, his signature is forged.”
He Vallirana CF said that “to obtain the necessary notary certificate, the declarant himself contacted the contact of the FCF in Baix Llobregat, Fernando Peña. After the election was held, on April 14, 2023, Fernando Peña himself contacted to the declarant so that Vallirana CF could write a letter from the club confirming that it authorized the candidacy of Soteras to make the election affidavit public. The declarant showed the WhatsApp messages sent to him by Mr. Fernando Peña with the drafting of this second certificate.
He Fondarella CFS explained that “when he arrived at the headquarters of the Federation of Lleida, a man from the Soteras candidacy they call ‘el Pollo’ (Xavi Alís, former subdelegate of Lleida and current mayor of Linyola) coordinator of Linyola futsal. He gave to him the notarial certificate and the ballot of Mr. Soteras’ candidacy to vote.”
Within Atlètic Banyoles The declarant said that he “went personally to the notary office of Girona to sign the minutes.” When shown the minutes of instruction, he stated that he “did not recognize these minutes as having been signed by him at the time and that the signature appearing was neither his nor the secretary’s.”
Source: La Verdad
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