Re-election As Club President
There was some discussion about when exactly Laporta's mandate started, with the board of directors holding one opinion and the opposition another. One club member went to the court and, on 19 July 2006 a judge ruled that the first eight days of his presidency in June 2003 counted as the first year of his four year term; his term had therefore expired and new elections were called. Temporarily, the club was ruled by a management committee led by the economist Xavier Sala-i-Martin.
The elections were to be held on September 3, 2006, but they turned out not to be necessary. On August 22, Barcelona confirmed Joan Laporta's presidency for another four years after no other would-be candidate received the 1,804 signatures required to stand.
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