Diack wants Sebastian to step down, and Sebastian will naturally not sit still and wait for death. Those 33 votes have become the focus of competition between the two parties. It can be said that the two of them used all kinds of relationships, just like the eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers to win every vote.
Within the IAAF, both sides already have some supporters, and those neutral directors have become the targets of both sides' efforts to win over.
The voting day came in a blink of an eye.
Many votes in Western countries are registered votes. It is clear who the voters voted for. Compared with secret voting, registered voting can avoid some black-box operations and under-the-table transactions, making voting a kind of responsibility. Voters do not have to vote. Will give a green light to evade responsibility. Therefore, in many voting elections in the West, it is difficult to achieve a vote rate of 80 or 90%.
Of course, secret voting also has certain benefits. For example, it can avoid losing face, avoid subsequent retaliation, and prevent voters from being affected by other people's voting choices, etc.
The specific voting method to choose depends on the actual situation. In many Western developed countries, the legal system is relatively complete and the people's self-awareness is relatively strong. Therefore, even if a registered vote is used, there will be no situations such as loss of face or retaliation. They have the ability to choose a registered vote.
In many international organizations, their votes are often registered. Just like the largest United Nations, member states vote by register. Who voted for, who voted against, who abstained, and which permanent member used the veto power. The whole world knows it clearly.
Today's IAAF vote to impeach Sebastian was also conducted by registered vote.
All 33 voting representatives or directors gathered in the conference room. At this time, no one talked too much, as if to avoid being affected by each other. In fact, before this type of voting, the situation is generally like this. Once the voting is over, everyone has nothing to do and starts talking and laughing.
Sebastian has already arrived at the scene. As the chairman of the International Association of Athletics Federations, he is also a party to this impeachment incident. There is no trace of panic on Sebastian's face, but he still looks confident. look like.
Diack also came to the conference room. Every IAAF president will become the honorary president of the IAAF after resigning. Diack came to witness as the "Honorary President of the IAAF". This kind of voting always requires several witnesses, and it is reasonable for Diak to come across.
But everyone knows that Diack is not just here to be a witness, he is here to see Sebastian being impeached. This impeachment is actually a battle between the old and new presidents.
The host simply announced the voting rules and then announced the start of voting. It is not appropriate for him to say too much at this time. If he says too much, he will be considered as deliberately interfering with the voting.
The oldest deputy chairman came up to vote first. He walked to the voting booth and pressed the button in favor of impeachment without hesitation.
The oldest vice-president was the vice-president of the IAAF during Diack's era, so he can be regarded as Diack's old man. He also supported Diack when voting.
Immediately afterwards, the second vice chairman voted against impeachment. Although the vice chairman is not too young, Sebastian has won him over to his camp.
The third vice chairman is a middle-aged man under fifty years old. He comes from an Eastern European country. He was already very dissatisfied with Sebastian's move to favor Britain, the United States and other countries, so he voted in favor.
The fourth vice chairman was promoted by Sebastian. He voted against it without hesitation and stood on Sebastian's side.
Vice Chairman Si Si’s vote was tied 2 to 2, and the treasurer who came up next voted in favor.
The treasurer is responsible for the financial management of the IAAF. If Sebastian wants to investigate corruption within the IAAF, the first thing to do is to check the accounts. The treasurer, the person in charge of money, will definitely be the first to be affected, so he does not want to Sebastian investigated corruption, so he sided with Diack.
Next on the stage were representatives of the six continental athletics federations. Among them, representatives from Africa voted in favor, and representatives from Oceania and Central and North America voted against. The positions of these three representatives are relatively clear. Representatives from Asia, Europe and South America abstained from voting. There are many countries in these three continents and there are relatively large internal differences over the impeachment of Sebastian, so they simply abstained from voting and did not help each other.
There are now 4 votes in favor, 4 against, and 3 abstentions. The next round is for the fifteen directors to vote.
"Joseph, he voted yes!"
"Patsy voted no."
"Williams also voted no."
"Alexander voted yes!"
The directors seemed to have a clear stance, and no one abstained from voting.
"It's Clarkson's turn, he should vote against it!"
"Clarkson has always supported Sebastian and he will definitely help Sebastian."
People were talking quietly, but the director named Clarkson pressed the abstention button.
"What? Clarkson didn't object, he abstained!"
"Huh?" Sebastian's expression finally changed. Clarkson was originally from his own camp, but now he has abstained from the two sides. This is equivalent to one less vote for Sebastian's side.
The variable finally appeared!
Sebastian forgot to glance at Diak, who was sitting not far away, and Diak had a satisfied smile on his face.
"It's that old guy Diack who promised Clarkson some benefits! Damn it! But don't be too happy too soon!" Sebastian's eyes flashed coldly.
Moments later, a black man walked to the voting area and pressed the objection button.
"**** voted against it and he actually supported Sebastian!"
"**** was personally promoted by Diack when he was the president of the IAAF. Without Diack, **** would probably be an ordinary sports coach in Africa now. Diack is so important to* **** is a person who has the kindness to meet someone, but I didn’t expect that **** would betray Diack!”
The people below were talking quietly, but Diak's face became ugly.
This director named **** was originally a track and field athlete in the small African country of Burkina Faso. He did not achieve decent results as an athlete. After retiring, he was appreciated by Diack, who is also a Latin American. A fellow villager promoted him to the IAAF. If it weren't for Diack's promotion, he might have stayed in that poor Burkina Faso for the rest of his life.
Diack originally thought that **** would definitely support him. After all, he had been kind to him. Unexpectedly, **** rebelled on the spot.
"What is the kindness of acquaintance, nothing compared to the real benefits! I promised to help his children study in the UK and provide scholarships. I got such real benefits, how could **** still stand by you? !" Sebastian smiled proudly.
Clarkson just abstained from voting, which is equivalent to one less vote for Sebastian, but now **** directly voted against, which is equivalent to one less vote for Diack, and Sebastian There is one extra vote over there, and there is only a difference of two votes inside and outside!
Finally, the voting of all fifteen directors ended. The result was 10 votes in favor of impeachment, 12 votes against impeachment, and 4 abstentions. Sebastian was temporarily in the lead.
This is followed by a vote by the chairpersons of the six committees below the IAAF, whose status in the IAAF is equivalent to that of directors.
"Four people abstained, and 33 votes turned into 29. In this way, as long as I need 15 votes, I can exceed half. I already have 12 votes, and I can get the last 3 votes. Six. Chairman of the committee, there happen to be three people who clearly expressed their support for me, so I have already won!" Sebastian thought excitedly.
The chairman of the medical committee stepped forward and voted against it. As the chairman of the International Medical Committee, he is one of the people handling doping exemptions for athletes, so he will definitely be on Sebastian's side.
"13 votes, 2 votes left!" Sebastian clenched his fists secretly.
The chairman of the technical committee walked to the voting area and also voted against impeachment.
"Great, 14 votes, one vote left! Next, the chairman of the cross-country committee also supports me, while the chairman of the women's committee is neutral, I will win!" Sebastian has already begun to prepare to celebrate the victory.
The chairwoman of the women's committee walked up to the voting area. He hesitated for a second and then pressed the button in favor of impeachment.
"What? Didn't she want to remain neutral before? She changed her mind temporarily!" Sebastian was worried, but he was not anxious about it, because the next person to vote for the cross-country committee chairman was Sebastian Peaceful people.
The chairman of the cross-country committee walked up to the voting area, reached out and pressed the button in favor of impeachment.
Sebastian stood up suddenly. He stared at the chairman of the cross-country committee with wide eyes and an expression of disbelief.
In Sebastian's opinion, this was supposed to be his vote, and it was the winning vote, but unexpectedly, he was bribed by Diack!
The current situation is 12 votes in favor, 14 votes against, and 4 abstentions!
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Diak's eyes narrowed slightly. He did not expect that the situation would be so passive. Originally, in his plan, both parties should now have 13 votes, and the next two votes will also be yes votes. At that time, the number of yes votes will be more than half with 15 votes, and the impeachment will be successful!
However, **** betrayed him at the critical moment, causing him to lose two votes inside and outside, so now he is two votes behind.
"Fortunately, I also prepared a back-up plan. Yesterday I convinced the chairman of the women's committee and the chairman of the cross-country committee! Otherwise, we would have lost by now!" Diack was also broken into a cold sweat at this time.
The chairman of the race walking committee voted in favor.
The chairman of the Veteran Athletes Committee voted in favor.
The advantages and disadvantages on the scene have changed in vain. Sebastian, who was still short of the last vote to win, is now tied!
14 votes were in favor of impeachment, 14 were against impeachment, and 4 abstained!
Now there is only the last vote left, the vote from the athlete representatives! This is the most crucial vote! It is the decisive vote.
All eyes are fixed on one person, he is the athlete representative: Usain Bolt!
Chapter 2 has been delivered, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket. There was a clerical error in the previous chapter, it was six committees.
(End of chapter)