Chamber III of the Supreme Court dismisses the appeal against the judgment of the Supreme Court of Madrid of November 18, 2019, which confirmed the resolution of the Administrative Court of Sport of December 22, 2017
The IIIrd Chamber of the Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal brought by Ángel María Villar against the judgment of the Supreme Court of Madrid of November 18, 2019, which confirmed the resolution of the Administrative Court of Sport of December 22, 2017, imposed the sanction of resigned from the post of President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (FEF) for a violation classified as a very serious offence.
In his appeal, Villar argued that the imposition of a dismissal sentence for a very serious offense is only possible if the aggravating circumstance of recidivism is related to this. The sentence, on the other hand, indicates that the reference to the concept of “aggravating recidivism” in Article 22.3 a) of Royal Decree 1591/1992 of 23 December on sports discipline is not a determining element of the type of offender, nor is it a sine qua non-requirement to agree on the imposition of the dismissal sanction provided for in Article 79.2 c) of Law 10/1990 of 15 October on sport.
On December 22, 2017, the Administrative Court of Sport sanctioned Angel María Villar Llona with resignation from the Presidency of the FEF for considering him to be the author of a very serious violation of Article 76.2.a) of Law 10/1990, of October 15, Sports, where the following are specifically characterized as “very serious violations by the presidents and other directors of the bodies of the Spanish sports federations and professional leagues: a) failure to comply with the agreements of the general assembly, as well as the electoral regulations and other legal or regulatory provisions.
The administrative resolution ruled that, after retiring as chairman of the FEF and becoming chairman of its management committee, without ceasing, Villar has engaged in numerous activities to publicize and defend his condition as a candidate for president. and to gain support for your candidacy.
Thus, according to the resolution, he has not complied with the requirement contained in Article 4.4 of the Electoral Regulations: «Those who submit their candidacy to serve on the governing and representative bodies of the FEF may not be members of the Executive Committee, and in that situation must stop when submitting the relevant candidacy”, and violated the neutrality obligation that the Management Committee must comply with according to the Election Regulations.
Source: La Verdad
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