On 17 February 2017, the elections to the presidency of the Spanish Football Association (FA) were finally announced. The official elections took place on 22 May 2017. However, this process was surrounded by the utmost controversy as from its very beginning. In fact, the election calendar itself was contested by one of the three official candidates. However, the Spanish administrative tribunal in charge of the matter related to elections held by national sports federations said that the calendar did comply with national legislation. Therefore, said official voting date had been confirmed.
A member of the electoral commission in charge of monitoring the full election process was also challenged by that same candidate. The challenge was based on the fact that said member had a close and previous relationship with the Spanish FA, whose president was indeed running for reelection....
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