One Federation, Two Annulled Elections: The Recurring Story in Bodybuilding

The annulment of the bodybuilding and physique federation's election has once again brought the issue of holding elections in sports federations into focus, a case previously seen in the taekwondo federation. Reports indicate that the election cases of several other sports federations and provincial sports boards are also under review.

The cancellation of the elections of the Federation of Bodybuilding and Bodybuilding has once again brought the issue of holding elections in sports federations into focus; The incident that happened before in the Taekwondo Federation and now it is heard that the election case of some other sports federations and boards is also under investigation.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Branch 13 of the General Legal Court of Shahid Beheshti Judicial Complex, following the complaint of Abdul Mahdi Nasirzadeh, the former head of the Bodybuilding and Bodybuilding Federation, ruled to annul the elections of this federation. The elections that were held on August 20 of this year and at the end of which Mojtaba Maleki became the president of the federation with the votes of the members of the assembly, but the objection of Nasirzadeh, who could not get the permission to participate in the elections, finally led to the issuance of the annulment vote.

This is the second time that the elections of the Federation of Bodybuilding and Bodybuilding are annulled by Nasirzadeh's complaint. This federation was run without a president and with a supervisor for more than a year until Talkhabi was elected as the president in the first election; The election was also annulled by Nasirzadeh's complaint. After that, the administration of the federation was once again entrusted to the supervisor, and finally, another election assembly was held, which led to the election of Mojtaba Maleki; The election that has now been annulled.

In recent months, the issue of the validity of sports federations' elections has been accompanied by other legal cases. Previously, the decision to cancel the elections of the Taekwondo Federation was also announced. With his complaint, Nasirzadeh also prepared the ground for the cancellation of the university sports federation elections.

At the same time, there are rumors that there are ongoing complaints about the elections of the basketball board of Tehran province and the equestrian federation; The cases that need to be seen will be their fate and whether the votes related to these elections will be announced in the near future or not.

Repeated cancellation of elections in some federations has raised serious questions about the process of holding electoral assemblies, how to qualify candidates and the necessity of ensuring compliance with regulations in sports elections; Issues whose legal assignment can affect the management stability of sports federations and boards.