Hugo Moyano announced that he will not stand as a candidate in the presidential elections of Independent that will take place next October 2. In this way, an eight-year cycle of the union leader at the head of the leadership of the Avellaneda club will end.
Together with Moyano he will also leave Hector “Yoyo” Maldonadothe current secretary general and one of the people with the greatest influence on decision-making within the institution in recent years.
The current president confirmed in a meeting together with other members of the Board of Directors, that he will not head or be part of the official list in the next elections.
At the moment it is unknown who will be the candidate for president that will carry the current conduction. The truth is that the “Independent Association” list will be presented and will compete against the two opposing lists.
End of an eight-year cycle
Hugo Moyano assumed his first term at the helm of the club in July 2014 after winning the elections with almost 70% of the votes. The club had just achieved promotion to the First Division after a series of years of institutional and sports debacle.
The union leader renewed his mandate in December 2017. In those elections it devastated and obtained 89% of the suffrages.
Independent will have elections on Sunday, October 2
Independent already has an election date: Sunday October 2, the partners will be able to vote for the next president of the Avellaneda institution. The elections, which were suspended since December of last year, finally have their schedule defined.
With a strong police presence, the three groups that will participate in the next elections met on Wednesday afternoon at the Avellaneda headquarters with the Electoral Board, to discuss various issues. There was an official date set for the elections.
Three lists will compete to win the elections: the officialism (already without Hugo Moyano) and the two opposition groups, one headed by the journalist Fabian Doman and another for Claudio Rudecindo.
On Tuesday of next week there will be another meeting, where the last details will be adjusted and the members of each list will be defined. It will also be known how many partners are enabled in the register: in principle it would be 55 thousand.
