Chapter 2: The Most Critical Vote
Diack wants Sebastian to step down, and Sebastian naturally will not sit still, and the 33 votes have become the focus of contention between the two sides. The two of them can be said to use various relationships www.biquge.info each other, just like the eight immortals crossing the sea to show their magical powers, and strive for every vote.
Within the IAAF, both sides originally had some supporters, and those neutral directors became the objects of competition between the two sides.
In the blink of an eye, it was polling day.
Compared with secret ballots, secret ballots can avoid some dark box operations and off-stage transactions, making voting a responsibility, and voters will not give the green light in order to evade responsibility. Therefore, it is very difficult for many voting elections in the West to have some 80 or 90 percent of the vote.
Of course, secret ballot also has certain benefits, such as avoiding losing face, avoiding retaliation afterwards, and allowing voters not to be affected by other people's voting choices.
The specific choice of voting method depends on the actual situation. In many developed Western countries, the construction of the legal system is relatively perfect, and the people's self-consciousness is relatively strong, so even if it is a secret ballot, there will be no situation such as losing face or retaliation, and they have the ability to choose a secret ballot.
And many international organizations, their votes are often by secret ballot, just like the largest United Nations, when the member states vote, they are all by name, who voted for, who voted against, who abstained, and which permanent member used the veto, the whole world knows clearly.
Today's IAAF vote to impeach Sebastian was also taken by secret ballot.
All 33 voting delegates and directors gathered in the conference room, and no one talked too much, as if to avoid being influenced by each other. In fact, before this kind of voting, it was generally like this, and once the vote was cast, there was nothing to do with it, and they would start talking and laughing one by one.
Sebastian had already arrived at the scene, as the president of the IAAF, and also a party to the impeachment incident, Sebastian could not see a trace of panic on his face, but still looked confident.
Diack also came to the conference room, every IAAF president will become the honorary president of the IAAF after stepping down, and Diack came to witness it as the "honorary president of the IAAF". This kind of voting always requires a few witnesses, and it makes sense for Diack to come.
But everyone knows that Diack didn't just come to be a Witness, he watched Sebastian be impeached. This impeachment is actually a struggle between the old and new presidents.
The moderator briefly announced the voting rules, and then announced that the voting was open. At this time, he should not say more, because if he talks too much, it will be regarded as deliberately interfering with the vote.
The oldest vice chairman, who was the first to vote, walked to the vote and pressed the button in favor of impeachment without hesitation.
The oldest vice president was the vice president of the IAAF in the Diack era, so he was Diack's old man, and he also supported Diack when he voted.
Immediately afterwards, the second vice-chairman voted against impeachment. Although the vice-president is not young, he has been won into his camp by Sebastian.
The third vice chairman, a middle-aged man under 50 years old, came from Eastern European countries, and was already very dissatisfied with Sebastian's bias towards Britain and the United States, so he voted in favor.
The fourth vice-president was picked up by Sebastian, who did not hesitate to vote against it, and sided with Sebastian.
The vote of the vice chairman of the thinking was tied 2-2, and the treasurer who came up immediately after him voted in favor.
The treasurer is responsible for the management of the IAAF's finances, and if Sebastian wants to investigate corruption within the IAAF, the first thing is to check the accounts, and the treasurer, the person in charge of the money, must be the first to be impacted, so he doesn't want Sebastian to investigate any corruption, so he sided with Diack.
Next on the field were representatives of the Six Continents Athletics Association. The representative of Africa voted in favour and the representatives of Oceania and North and Central America voted against. The representatives of Asia, Europe, and South America abstained from voting, and there are more countries on these three continents, and there are also relatively large internal differences on the impeachment of Sebastian, so they simply abstained.
There were now 4 votes in favour, 4 against and 3 abstentions. The next round of fifteen directors voted.
"Joseph, he voted yes!"
Patsy voted against.
Williams also voted against it.
"Alexander voted in favor!"
The positions of the directors seemed to be relatively clear, and no one abstained from voting.
"It's Clarkson's turn, he should vote no!"
"Clarkson has always been Sebastian's support, and he's definitely going to help Sebastian."
People whispered that the director, named Clarkson, had pressed the button to abstain.
"What? Clarkson did not object, he abstained! ”
"Huh?" Sebastian's expression finally changed slightly. This Clarkson, who was originally from his own camp, has now become a two-way abstention, which is tantamount to one less vote for Sebastian's side.
Variables have finally appeared!
Sebastian forgot to glance at Diack, who was sitting not far away, and Diack had a satisfied smile on his face.
"It's Diack's old fellow, I don't know what benefits he promised, and he actually said that he moved Clarkson! Damn it! But don't get too happy! Sebastian's eyes flashed with coldness.
Moments later, a black man walked up to the polling area, only to press the button against it.
"Motlanti voted against it, he actually supported Sebastian!"
"Motlanti was personally promoted by Diack when he was the president of the IAAF, if there was no Diack, Motlanti would now be able to be an ordinary sports coach in Africa, Diack is a grace for Motlanti, I didn't expect Motlanti to betray Diack!"
The people below whispered, and Diack's face turned ugly.
The director, named Motlanti, was originally a track and field athlete in Burkina Faso, a small African country, and did not achieve decent results in his athlete days, but after retiring, he was appreciated by Diack, who was also a native of Africa and promoted him to the IAAF. If it weren't for Diack's promotion, he would probably have to stay in poor Burkina Faso for the rest of his life.
Diack originally thought that Motlanti would definitely support him, after all, he had the grace of knowing him. Unexpectedly, Motlante defected on the spot.
"What is the grace of knowing what is it, where is it more than a tangible benefit! I promised to help his children study in the UK and offered scholarships, and got such practical benefits, how could Motlandi still be on your side! Sebastian smiled triumphantly.
Clarkson just now only abstained from voting, which is equivalent to giving Sebastian one vote less, and now Motlanti directly voted against, which means that Diack's side has one less vote, and Sebastian has one more vote, which is a difference of two votes inside and out!
Eventually, the fifteen councillor votes were over, with 10 votes in favor of impeachment, 12 votes against impeachment, and 4 abstentions, with Sebastian taking the lead for the time being.
This was followed by a vote by the six committee chairs under the IAAF, who were equivalent to the directors in the IAAF.
"With 4 abstentions, 33 votes become 29, so as long as you need to get 15 votes, you can have more than half, I have 12 votes now, and I can get the last 3 votes. Six committee chairs, and exactly three people have explicitly supported me, and I've won! Sebastian thought excitedly.
The chairman of the medical committee stepped forward and voted against. As the chairman of the International Tina Medical Committee, he is one of the people who handle the doping exemption for athletes, so he will definitely be on Sebastian's side.
"13 votes, 2 votes left!" Sebastian clenched his fists to himself.
The chairman of the technical committee went to the voting area and also voted against impeachment.
"Great, 14 votes, one vote away! Then the chairman of the cross-country committee also supported me, and the chairman of the women's committee was neutral, and I won! "Sebastian is already preparing to celebrate the victory.
Seeing the chair of the women's committee walk up to the voting area, he hesitated for a second before pressing the pro-impeachment button.
"What? Didn't she have to be neutral before? It's a temporary change! Sebastian was relieved, but he wasn't in a hurry, because the next chairman of the off-road committee to vote was Sebastian's man.
The chairman of the off-road committee walked up to the voting area, and he reached out and pressed the button in favor of impeachment.
Sebastian jerked to his feet. His eyes widened and he looked at the chairman of the off-road committee with an incredulous expression.
In Sebastian's opinion, this should have been his own vote, and it was the winning vote, but he didn't expect to be bought by Diack!
The current situation is 12 votes in favor, 14 votes against and 4 abstentions!
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Diack's eyes narrowed slightly, he didn't expect the situation to be so passive. Originally, in his plan, both sides should have 13 votes now, and the next two votes will also be yes, and at that time, the number of votes in favor will be more than half of the 15 votes, and the impeachment will be successful!
However, Motlanthi betrayed him at the critical moment, leaving him with two fewer votes inside and out, so now he is two votes behind.
"Luckily, I also prepared a backhand, and yesterday I convinced the chair of the women's committee and the chairman of the cross-country committee! Otherwise, you've already lost! Diack was also shocked into a cold sweat at this time.
The chairman of the race walking committee voted in favor.
The President of the Old Athletes' Commission voted in favour.
The advantages and disadvantages of the scene have changed in vain, and Sebastian, who was still short of winning by the last vote, is now forced to draw!
14 votes in favor of impeachment, 14 votes against impeachment, and 4 abstentions!
Now only one last vote remains, from the athletes' representatives! This is the most crucial vote! It's a decisive vote.
All eyes are on one person, and that is the athlete's representative: Usain Bolt!
Said the passer
The second chapter is delivered, and the guaranteed monthly pass is requested. The clerical error in the previous chapter is the six committees.