Saint Lawrence There is a new interim president and a confirmed date for early elections. In a very close vote of the assembly members, Sergio Costantino He won the fight with four votes against Matias Lammenswho surprised everyone with his last-minute application. The other two candidates presented were Manuel Agote and César Francis.
The extraordinary meeting, which took place after the issuance last Tuesday of the Acephaly Decree, which put an early end to the controversial mandate of Marcelo Moretti (who is still waiting for a nod from the judiciary to question everything), took place at Nuevo Gasómetro and lasted more than two hours. Costantino will lead Ciclón until May 30, 2026the day on which the members re-elect the President. He received 35 of the 79 votes present. Lammens received 31 votes, 2 voted for Francis and there were 11 abstentions.
“There will be no other goal than to save the club. Say little and do more to regain the trust of the members,” said the winner soberly.
When it seemed that nothing could surprise anyone in San Lorenzo, a bomb was detonated in advance of the meeting. The name Lammens, former president of the club and former Minister for Culture and Sport of the Kirchner Nation, resurfaced for the first time after his departure when he plunged into the world of national politics.
AND He was close to staying with the Barça power again. Lammens appeared overnight. In silence, away from the public for a long time, the wine entrepreneur gradually worked on his return without showing his cards. He didn’t need to go out and speak or be seen in the media to return to the political life of San Lorenzo. Those who make up the microclimate of the blue and red units assure that “Lammens is always there, even if you can’t see him“.
Lammens’ first reappearance in an organization related to the club, which he presided over from 2012 to 2019 with the support of Marcelo Tinelli, took place last October, when he attended the first meeting convened by the president of the AFA, Claudio Tapia, at the Ezeiza estate and attended by all Cuervo’s political actors.
It was precisely Chiqui who had specifically invited him to this meeting, where in the end nothing was resolved because everything led to discussions, to mutual accusations between the leaders and even to occasional blows in the air. And they say this, It was the head of Argentine football himself who gave him permission to get fully involved againto prevent the national government from seizing power?
The fact is that among the other three candidates for the temporary presidency of the institution was Agote, led by Sebastián Pareja, political leader of the Libertad Avanza in Buenos Aires…
The thread started early, several hours before the official meeting, which was scheduled for 6:00 p.m., although the meeting eventually began at 7:00 p.m. ClarionUntil the last minute there were discussions between the various protagonists in order to reach a uniform agreement, but this was far from achieved.
Of the 90 assembly members (60 from Boedo en Acción -Officialism-, 14 from Orden y Progreso Sanlorencista -Marcelo Culotta-, 11 from Por Amor a San Lorenzo -Costantino- and 5 from Volver a San Lorenzo -Francis-) 79 were present. The first thing that was nominally decided and voted on was the date of the elections. The May 30 option passed with a majority of 43 votes over the November 28 option (34 votes) and the March 29 option (1 vote). There was one abstention.
Then yes, the main course. And there the beach under the north plate of the Nuevo Gasómetro became the episode of the celebrated North American series for a long 20 minutes House of cardsthat exposes political and election manipulation on Capitol Hill.
This beach could easily have been replaced by Congress or the Legislature, where it is negotiated vote by vote. The thing is that there was a gap before the election of the transition commission. There the last alliances were tried between the assembly members who answer to the directors who lower the limit for the hosting of the votes.
Since Agote and Francis had no chance numerically, everything was decided vote by vote between Lammens and Costantino. In fact, the former minister ended up receiving votes from Morettism (was there a prior agreement between the two?), but that wasn’t enough. Behind closed doors, without the presence of fans or journalists (the media arrived after the end of the meeting) and as night fell in Bajo Flores, each member of the meeting sang their voice until Chiche Costantino (opposition member) was declared the winner, supported by Valeria Carta Moglieta.
The remaining 18 positions will be distributed at the first meeting of the new transition CD, which will take place this Tuesday. San Lorenzo is trying to find some peace.
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