Popescu: „I announce you my protest by not participating at the elections from January 25”

"I don’t apply for the leading of FRF, as a protest towards the change of the elections date. This way I express my protest to the decision of the Executive Committee of organizing the elections on January 25. Five years ago the elections were organized 6 months later, now they have been advanced with 4 months, I cannot understand anything of what is happening.

In order to win these elections I would need time to present my program. It is abnormal that the elections to be organized two weeks after the winter holidays. It is a disdain towards the people who come on the stadium and love football.  

I prefer an acceptable renouncement, than inacceptable compromises. If I had run for the elections, my colleagues from the Golden Generation would have been next to me. I don’t have whom to support of those who applied.  

The National Stadium is a public investment made by the Government with the Capital City hall, Mircea Sandu has no glory.

I announce the President of LPF, Dumitru Dragomir, that I am a smart guy whether I candidate or not. He should have called me personally to say: "Gică, please, don’t apply for because you are disturbing our plans!.

Mr. Dragomir told me that I should stay at least 3 years next to the present President of FRF to learn. I want to ask Dragomir: What shall I learn? To give the most aberrant decision: that a contract can be unilaterally modified?.

I will return when the leader of FRF will be elected on projects, and not on meetings at night. The difference between me and the leading of FRF is that I invest a lot of money in football and those who are leading now FRF turn to profit some advantages.

Mircea Sandu said that in the next 5 years the Romanian football will be in crisis. I am sure that this way is going to be!", said Gică Popescu lat the press conference.