The International Olympics Committee (IOC) seems to be sailing full speed towards the choice of assigning two summer Olympics, for 2024 and 2028, in one swoop.
President of the IOC, Thomas Bach wants to change the procedure quickly to avoid future chaos.
He has realised that times have changed and he wants to find new solutions quickly. He also knows that, in this case, certain choices have to be imposed. A popular referendum among the members may have some risks and the Extraordinary Session convened for July 11 and 12 will not be easy to manage, even though any opposition has little time to organise itself.
Bach maintains, “In the current political climate, it’s difficult to be able to count on the support of the government, political parties and possible sponsors without the public thinking that somebody is trying to line their pockets. “Suspicion pollutes everything and that’s why we have to change the rules of play. We’re lucky enough to have two great candidacies – excellent, safe and perfect as choices, also for investment and sporting philosophy.”
He ventured, “This is a unique opportunity so why should we let it slip through our fingers? We’ve started to talk to the cities but we haven’t made any offer to date. Our working group, of four vice presidents, has told us that we can choose two cities in one swoop – our Charter allows this. So, as the Executive Committee, we have unanimously decided to call an Extraordinary Session in Lausanne on July 11 and 12, where attendance at the presentation of the two cities by all our IOC members was already planned.
“Thus our colleagues will comment on the opportunity or not of making this choice and, if the response is positive, there will be the final vote in Lima in September and the attribution to the two cities of the Games of 2024 and 2028.”
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