Milan (AP) – After a controversial election, Johan Eliasch will remain president of the international ski association Fis for at least four more years until 2026. The British-Swedish businessman had no opponents when he was re-elected at the Ski Congress in Milan.
The 60-year-old Eliasch has been leading the ski association since June 2021. He is the successor to the long-serving President and Swiss Gian Franco Kasper, who died last year.
Eliasch received 100 percent of the votes cast, but not all delegates voted. At the request of delegates, a secret ballot was set by ballot, the required option no as an answer did not exist. “An election in which the delegates only had one option to cast a valid vote, namely to vote yes, does not correspond to our understanding of the law and is simply a farce,” said Stefan Schwarzbach, board member of the German Ski Association, the ARD and added: “In the opinion of our legal experts, such an approach is also not compliant with Swiss association law.”
DSV wants to reserve the right to take “legal action”.
As a result, the DSV and other nations “did not take part in the election,” as Schwarzbach confirmed. They left the hall. The DSV wants to reserve the right to take “legal action”. Eliasch received complete approval from those remaining in the hall. “We need change, we need change,” said the Fis boss. “It’s a vote that lets us move further in that direction. I’m looking forward to it.”