Despite doubts about his eligibility, the new president immediately announced that the Council to evaluate his independence will no longer exist. The six clubs that did not support him are preparing the appeal
Despite the doubts about his eligibility expressed yesterday by the outgoing president Lorenzo Casini, this morning around 9 am Ezio Simonelli entered via Rosellini, in Milan, and took possession of the office reserved for the president of the Lega Serie A. And the The first hours of work were not just formalities and handshakes.
first official act
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Simonelli, who last Friday obtained the 14 votes formally necessary for the election, in fact immediately proceeded to cancel the League Council convened by Casini to discuss the independence requirements of the new president required by the League Statute. Simonelli resigned from the positions of alternate auditor in Fininvest and mayor of Mondadori – companies linked to Monza – and attached to his acceptance of the role as president a self-certification of his independence defined by Casini as “still partial and incomplete” due to the potential conflict of interest in his role as an accountant. Evidently Simonelli believes he has done everything necessary and the cancellation of the Council is a clear way of making it clear that he is now the president.
appeal
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Story closed? Not yet. Representatives of the six clubs that did not support him are finalizing the best way to appeal given that the new president’s independence would not yet be guaranteed.
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