According to Imna news agency, the election assembly of Isfahan Province Athletics Board was held today _Tuesday, January 18th_ in the presence of Ehsan Haddadi, President of the Athletics Federation, Mehdi Sadri, Head of the General Directorate of Sports and Youth of Isfahan Province, and the members of the assembly at the Sports Hall, but after three rounds of voting, there was no result. So that the provincial athletics board continues to be managed by the supervisor. Isfahan province athletics board election assembly with candidacy Amirhaj Abedi, Ali Rabiei Moghadam, Azizullah Mushfaqi, Ali Moini and 26 votes were held. In the first round, Ali Moini with 13 votes and Azizullah Mushfaqi with 12 votes made it to the second round of elections.
Sports becomes valuable when it is associated with morality and humanity
Seyyed Mehdi Sadri said at the beginning of this election assembly: “I am happy that today one of the sports nodes of the province, which has been standing for three years, is going to be opened by the members of the assembly, and finally the athletics board of the province will get out of the guardianship and find a guardian.” Ehsan Haddadi is one of the sports honors of the country.
Referring to the anniversary of Takhti’s death, he added: If Takhti is known as a world champion, it was not because of winning medals in wrestling, but Takhti was a hero in his morals. The longevity of Takhti’s name has an important message for sports activists. There have been many athletes who have won numerous medals and championships, but their names have not remained because sports alone do not create value.
The Head of the General Department of Sports and Youth of Isfahan Province stated: Sports becomes valuable when it is accompanied by ethics and humanity. In our school, science has a high value, but if science is not combined with faith and ethics, it will be harmful. Exercise alone cannot be a value.
The election was extended to the third round
After the end of the second round of voting, Ali Moini got 14 votes and Azizullah Mushfaghi got 13 votes. Ehsan Haddadi considered the completion of the elections and the election of Ali Moini as the chairman of the Isfahan province delegation, which was against the bylaws of the electoral assemblies of the delegations. The lack of knowledge of the president of the federation about the rules and regulations of the electoral assemblies caused suspicions among the members, which, with the explanation of the head of the General Directorate of Sports and Youth, as well as the reading of the regulations by Alireza Kamalian, the head of the championship sports group of the General Directorate of Sports of Isfahan province, haddadi’s decision and speech. He gave up and asked the members of the assembly, and finally, with the decision of the majority of the members of the assembly, the third round of elections between the two candidates was held.
Due to the lack of empathy, the Isfahan Provincial Athletics Board was managed by a caretaker for three years
Ehsan Haddadi said between the second and third stage of voting: The Isfahan provincial board is one of the most difficult and problematic sports boards in the whole country, which has been managed by a supervisor for three years due to the lack of empathy. A number of Isfahan athletes train in other cities and even abroad, while Isfahan province has many capacities. The management of Isfahan Athletics Board has not been good in the past years.
He added: “The members present in the assembly decide for a delegation that is the most important and most watched sport in the world.” I have come to the federation to work and develop the field of athletics, and I had a plan for my presence. If one does not have a plan, one will not be successful. Despite the respect I have for all four candidates, only one candidate came to Tehran. If a candidate is going to be elected, he must have a plan.
If a candidate has a goal and a plan, he should take the time to present it
The head of the athletics federation said: I have an Olympic medal and I am a countryman for the athletics community and dear people, but before the federation elections, I personally traveled to the whole country and presented my programs to the heads of the provincial delegations, many times with the then minister of sports and the head of the national committee. I had a meeting with the Olympiad and explained my plans to them. With a plan and purpose, I was able to succeed in the elections. If someone has a goal and a plan, he should take the time to present it.
Haddadi clarified: Athletics is not a single field, but has 24 fields in the women’s section and 24 fields in the men’s section. Today, 60 athletes and coaches from all over the country are training in the national team camp, and the cost of their nutrition and training is about four and a half billion tomans per month, which is a duty.
Sport needs a compassionate lover and is not governed by black games and political games
Addressing the candidates for the presidency of the Isfahan Province Athletics Board, he said: As the minister said, sport needs a compassionate lover and is not governed by black games and political games. If the candidate is going to work, he must have effective communication, and if he does not have these connections, I request him to go himself. If I can’t work and make progress, I won’t take my years of reputation and I’ll quit. I request people who work in provinces or cities to really work so that good things happen.
Many provincial board presidents move on after four years without a specific job
He continued: Isfahan province has a high capacity. With the capacity that Isfahan has, it should not have only one tartan track. Unfortunately, in previous years, many heads of provincial boards move forward after four years without a specific job. I have emphasized to all the heads of the provincial boards and the minister of sports that if a board does not work, we cannot cooperate, it does not matter if it voted for me or not. During this period, we took one or two provincial delegations to the supervision period because the heads of the delegations were not working. They pressured me from everywhere to go back on this decision, but I said in response that if someone does not really work, we cannot keep him.
Athletic people talk a lot but it doesn’t work in practice
The head of the athletics federation emphasized: athletics is the mother of all disciplines. If today we are weak in football, it is because we do not have strong athletics. Athletic people talk a lot but it doesn’t work in practice. In the meeting with the Supreme Leader, I asked that attention be paid to athletics, and the Supreme Leader of the Revolution also emphasized to the officials to pay special attention to the basic and medal-winning disciplines. If today we can get concessions from the provincial managers, it is because of the emphasis of Hazrat Agha.
He added: I request the members of the assembly to make the right decision. As the head of the federation, I say that whoever is elected and does not work, we will deal with him, and whoever is active will be supported with all his might. Fortunately, today the authorities have a special view on athletics, because the strengthening of this discipline strengthens all sports in the country.
In the third round of elections, Ali Moini got 14 votes and Azizullah Mushfaghi got 13 votes, so that none of the two candidates could get half plus one of the 27 votes taken and the electoral assembly of the Isfahan Provincial Board is again in the process of being held.
Policy-making is in the form of elections and democratic, and the people choose the four-year chairman of the board
Mehdi Sadri stated: “Since my presence in the Sports and Youth Department, I have tried my best to completely whitewash the position of the General Department in relation to sports fields. In the previous periods, if the elected person of the assembly acted badly as the chairman of the board, the members present in the electoral assembly who had voted for the person themselves referred to the general office and raised the problems of the chairman and followed up on his performance. While the space and policy-making is in the form of elections and democratic, and the people themselves choose the four-year chairman of the board.
He added: Democracy has its strengths and weaknesses, one of the weaknesses of this democracy is that the candidate can buy the votes of the public in the least possible ways. Roll Play and show yourself in a different way. This problem can be zero in sports assemblies because the members of the assembly who have the right to vote are not ordinary people and all are experts in that sport. Each and every member is a professional athlete, referee, coach and champion and has been involved in that sport for many years. As a result of these forms of democracy, there should not be any sports associations.
The head of the General Administration of Sports and Youth of Isfahan Province said: I have made the General Administration withdraw from this issue. Immediately after the completion of the electoral assembly and the election of the head of the provincial board, I respect the vote of each person and say that the people who choose are the champions, coaches and judges of this field and they have chosen the person with knowledge and wisdom, as a result, it was the best choice. If someone comes to me from tomorrow and has a complaint against the head of the delegation, he is on my side. I say honestly.
I withdraw from the selection of a candidate and a specific person because the space is an election and the General Administration has no right to enter
Sadri clarified: I withdraw from the selection of a candidate and a specific person because the space is an election and the General Administration has no right to enter. The position of the General Administration in the electoral assemblies of sports bodies is like the Ministry of Sports, which must provide the appropriate platform and infrastructure for the elections so that the best elections can be held, but whose name is removed from the fund is not related to the Ministry of Interior. Our duty is to conduct elections.
He emphasized: “If today the experts in the field of athletics come to a conclusion about which person to be selected, I will not be responsible from tomorrow.” In sports fields, the vote of the members of the assembly is much stronger because I vote based on a series of general information, but the members of the assembly are all experts in the field of sports.
We are looking for the presence of strong and high-potential people in the provincial boards
At the end of the election assembly, Ehsan Haddadi told reporters: Today, the president of the Isfahan Athletics Board was not elected, which is unfortunate for Isfahan sports and Isfahan athletics. Athletics is the first sport of the Olympics and is very important in the world, but the members of Isfahan Provincial Assembly, after three years of leadership, still could not reach the necessary conclusion to have a single election.
He added: In the Athletics Federation, we are looking for the presence of strong people with high potential in the provincial delegations. The provinces suffer from the lack of basic facilities. I hope that the members of the assembly will come to a conclusion and assign someone who has a high potential to vote in the upcoming assembly.
In the end, he said: “As the head of the federation, I will not support a person who does not have a plan. People who are capable and have a plan should be supported.” Farzaneh Fasihi is in Spain for the training camp. He was interested in being present in this assembly.
The vote of the assembly members is respected
Seyyed Mehdi Sadri, head of the General Directorate of Sports and Youth of Isfahan province, said to reporters after the election assembly: Considering the speech of the Imam (RA), which is the amount of votes, I respect the votes of the members of the assembly, while there is indecision in the athletics board. I’m not happy We will do our best to hold the next meeting as soon as possible.
He added: I hope that the athletics community will do something good for this field with compassion. Farzaneh Fasihi was absent in today’s assembly, her presence could definitely have an impact. It was not possible to transfer the right to vote.
The director of the general department of sports and youth of the province said: four sports boards in Isfahan are managed by a director, but we were hoping that today the athletics meeting would be concluded and the number of directorships would be reduced to three. I hope this does not happen in other boards. We have a Paralympic champion and many capacities in athletics that require more work.
