Forseti FIDE stígur tímabundið til hliðar

Stórtíðindi bárust rétt í þessu frá Aþenu í FIDE þar sem fram fer fundur æðstu manna FIDE (Presidential Board). Kirsan Ilyumzhinov hefur stigið tímabundið til hliðar sem forseti FIDE. Hann hefur ekki sagt af sér en hefur afsalað sér öllu ákvörðunarvaldi (withdraw from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE) tímabundið.

Ástæðan eru refsiaðgerðir Bandaríkjastjórnar gagnvart forseta FIDE vegna tengsla hans við yfirvöld í Sýrlandi. Fram kemur í yfirlýsingu FIDE að hann muni ekki gegna forsetastörfum á meðan hann er á þessum lista Bandaríkjamanna. 

Georgios Makropoulos, varaforseti (Deputy Presdient) FIDE, mun gegna forsetastörfum tímabundið. 

Yfirlýsing FIDE í heild:

Athens, 6 December 2015

Following the announcement by the US Department of the Treasury that the US levied sanctions against Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Russian citizen and FIDE President, Mr. Ilyumzhinov has informed the Presidential Board that he will withdraw from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE until such time as Mr. Ilyumzhinov is removed from the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction list.

Mr. Ilyumzhinov advised that he has initiated legal procedures in the US aiming to request additional information and reverse restrictive measures put by the US Department of the Treasury. During the next Presidential Board meeting, Mr. Ilyumzhinov will update the Board as to the progress of the legal procedures.

Mr. Ilyumzhinov’s decision to withdraw from any legal, financial and business operations of FIDE is to enable him to concentrate on clearing the situation with the US Department of the Treasury.

Until further notice, under section A.9.5 of the FIDE Statutes, if the President: “duly authorises, then he can be represented by the Deputy President who shall exercise the powers of the President. The Deputy President can thus represent FIDE officially and can solely sign for FIDE.” Therefore Mr. Makropoulos will now be exercising these powers and representing FIDE officially.

Nigel Freeman
FIDE Executive Director