The Mediterranean Yachtsmen’s Association has accepted the resignation of its resignation of its president Tomeu Alborswho served time in the past for activities related to drug trafficking.
In a statement, the association explained that none of the members of the new board of directors that took office in mid-December last year were aware of the press reports about the president. Albons, 68, has been convicted on multiple occasions for drug trafficking over four decades. The organization has regretted the negative effects on the reputation of the association that the facts now known may have. “Despite not doubting his desire, ideas, worth and good disposition, his continuity at the head of the organization would invalidate ADN Mediterráneo as an interlocutor in the achievement of many of its social objectives”, they have argued. Temporarily, the presidency of the association will be assumed by a member of the board of directors until a new restructuring. In any case, the association has regretted that the past of Albors, who has already paid his debt to justice , has been “stirred up” with the publications that have appeared in some media. “We do not understand what benefit some information professionals have been able to obtain by airing the past of the person who until a few hours ago was the newly appointed president of the entity,” they concluded.
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