The details of the investigation into the electoral process of the Catalan Football Federation (FCF) on February 13, 2023 continue to emerge In his statement at the police headquarters, the delegate of the FCF in Lleida, Joseph M. Espasareported that when he received complaints from clubs in the district of Lleida about the alleged falsification of their signatures in the minutes, he exposed it in a board meeting and was told by “FCF directors ” to “don’t worry, it’s already done.” “everything is right.”
However, the clubs that also testified at the police headquarters deny Espasa and maintain that he and his collaborators are well aware that the Electoral Tables will not accept records other than those granted by the candidacy of Soteras.
This is the case of the president of Arbeca FC, Maria Santiagowho said that Espasa told him, when he voted, “in this work you will have problems voting, take this one, which is the good one,” giving him a notarial deed which Soteras provided with his likely forged signatures, where he voted without incident.
Also one of the founders of CE Linoleum, Javier Garrofeadmitted to voting in an allegedly false notarial act from Joan Soteras, even though he admitted that he had been disconnected from the club for many years, at the direction of the indoor soccer director and collaborator of Espasa, Xavier Alís, who also currently the mayor of Linyola. There is a strange event that Alís participated in the votes on February 13 as mediator for Pep Palacios, when it is more evident that he is working in favor of Soteras, not only as the representatives of Linyola CE point out, but also of other clubs such as CFS Tàrrega or CFS Corbins.
On the other hand, the president of EFB Guissona, Albert Alonso, He declared at the police stations that he only voted with his DNI and when he did so, Espasa approached the Electoral Table and deposited a notarized document, which was probably forged, in which he was able to vote, despite the protest of the inspector of Juanjo Isern’s candidacy.
Source: La Verdad
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