FC Barcelona: "The committee will call elections as quickly as possible" (Carles Tusquets)

"The main role for the managing committee will be to call elections as quickly as possible and that is what we will do. We want the next board to receive as much support as possible and that involves ensuring the best turnout as possible," declared Carles Tusquets, chairman of the management committee of FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander), on 29/10/2020.

The management committee is a provisional body that was set up, according to the Catalan club's statutes, following the resignation of Josep Maria Bartomeu, president since January 2014, and of the entire Barça board on 27/10/2020. It is up to the committee to organise new elections to establish the new leadership of FC Barcelona.

"The current economic climate is our biggest short-term concern. It is not a comfortable situation and we shall try to address as much as we can during our months in charge," added Carles Tusquets. "The management committee must exercise the functions of government, administration and representation normally falling within the competence of the board of directors, within the limits of the acts necessary and…