Enrique Riquelme officially presents his candidacy for the presidency of Real Madrid

This Saturday, Enrique Riquelme formalized his candidacy for the presidency of Actual Madrid earlier than the deadline set by the Electoral Board expired.

The president of the Cox Group registered a whole candidacy with the Board, with the minimal of 9 members required, along with the financial institution pre-guarantee and the electoral program.

The businessman from Alicante, who already offered a proper discover of intention on Thursday, has accomplished the final process inside the established deadline. Now it is going to be the Electoral Board that, tomorrow Sunday on the newest, approves or rejects the candidacy.

Within the occasion that the Electoral Board provides the inexperienced mild to this Enrique Riquelme mission, Actual Madrid would maintain its first elections with multiple candidate since 2006.

Enrique Riquelme Vives (Cox, Alicante, 1989) has gone from intention to motion in simply 48 hours. The founding father of Cox Vitality knowledgeable the Electoral Board on Thursday of his willingness to run for the presidency of the membership – a compulsory prior step that the statutes require to be carried out no less than two days upfront – and this Saturday he accomplished the method by delivering the documentation and the financial institution pre-guarantee that proves that he has the required monetary assure.

As EL ESPAÑOL discovered, the businessman signed a assure collateralized with financial institution ensures this afternoon and, due to this fact, already meets all the necessities.

The businessman assured final week that he had that monetary backing which, to run for Actual Madrid’s elections, have to be 187 million euros, 15% of the finances.

The financial institution doc, in accordance with the membership’s statutes, certifies that the assure is backed solely by the non-public property of the candidates who make up the candidacy, with out exterior ensures, and that it’s going to robotically turn into a definitive assure if the candidacy is elected.

Opposition for Florentino

In entrance of him might be Florentino Pérez, who has been the president of the membership since 2000, with a hiatus between 2006 and 2009 throughout which he voluntarily resigned. Since his return to workplace, Florentino has chained time period after time period with none candidate having the ability to formalize a sound opposition to him on the polls.

Within the final calls -2009, 2013, 2017, 2021 and 2025- he was robotically proclaimed president as he was the one candidate. This 2026, for the primary time in 20 years, that dynamic might be damaged.

With two formalized candidates, the ball now passes to the Electoral Board. The organization has already admitted the candidacy of Florentino Pérez, and has until Sunday to officially admit Riquelme’s project. Once this proclamation is produced, the statutes allow a period of up to 15 days to organize the vote.

Everything indicates that the elections would be held between June 7 and 9, with Sunday the 7th as the most probable date. All members in regular status would have the right to vote; The candidate who obtains the most votes, regardless of the difference, will assume the presidency of Real Madrid.