After being the president of the Polish Olympic Committee Radosław Piesiewicz confirmed to the media that the president Andrzej Duda is a candidate for the International Olympic Committee, “Przegląd Sportowy” asked the organization for a comment.
“Any proposals regarding the election of new IOC members must pass through the IOC Members Electoral Commission in accordance with the relevant regulations so that they can be proposed at the IOC Session by the IOC Executive Board,” the organization commented in a statement.
Andrzej Duda submitted to the IOC. The organization was surprised
Moreover, the letter sent to the editorial office shows that Andrzej Duda's candidacy caused great surprise within the IOC itself.
“The IOC is surprised that the candidacy has been made public first through the media. There is no proposal for an additional IOC member Polandwhich could be considered by the Electoral Commission of IOC Members before the IOC Session in March, because no meetings are scheduled before the election of the new IOC president,” it was written.
Andrzej Duda in the IOC? “Nobody had a clue before.”
The president's candidacy for the prestigious organization was announced on Thursday. – There was no such item on the agenda. It appeared at the very end as part of the “current affairs” section. No one had any idea that such a resolution would be voted on, said one of the Polish Olympic Committee's board members.
Voted for the resolution 29 board members, four were against and six abstained. The POC Management Board consists of 60 people. The PAP source added that “many management board members were absent today” from the meeting.
The information about Andrzej Duda's candidacy for a member of the International Olympic Committee, which had previously appeared in the media, was confirmed by the President of the Polish Olympic Committee, Radosław Piesiewicz, in an interview with Radio Zet. The first information about the POC's resolution on this matter was reported by “Przegląd Sportowy”.
The President of the Polish Olympic Committee also commented on the allegations that Duda's candidacy means that Maja Włoszczowska, a current member of the professional IOC, will lose her position. “Maja Włoszczowska is and will be a member of the IOC competition commissionno one takes anything from her. Poland, in turn, has a chance to have another compatriot in the IOC structures,” he wrote on the website.
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