Pat McQuaid's chances of being re-elected as president of the UCI have been given a major boost this evening
The board of Cycling Ireland has agreed to nominate Pat McQuaid to go forward for re-election for the presidency of the UCI. He is seeking a third term in office having been head of the organisation for almost eight years now.
A statement by Cycling Ireland this evening reads:
At its board meeting on the 12th of April, the board of Cycling Ireland agreed to the nomination request from Pat McQuaid for the president (sic) of the UCI. The board requested that Pat McQuaid would raise with the UCI management committee certain concerns on governance issues which they would consider for tabling at the 2013 UCI Congress. The specific issues are:
1. An independent review of the system of internal controls and processes at the UCI, with the findings to be published and the recommendations implemented.
2. Engagement with Stakeholders to re-write the existing Governance Code and the Code of Ethics, as set out in the Constitution of the UCI.
3. The following proposals are to be put forward to UCI Management Committee for tabling at the 2013 Congress at:
a. A limitation on the period for which a president or vice president can serve in the UCI as follows effective after the 2013 Congress:
i. The maximum number of two four year terms.
ii. No president, vice president or management committee member can serve the UCI for more than 16 years in total over their life time, in any capacity (paid, voluntary or other).
b. That co-opted management committee members are permitted to vote on all matters which management committee members are entitled to vote.
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McQuaid has been president of the UCI for almost eight years and will come to the end of his current second term in September. At that point an election will decide if he will continue for a third term, as he hopes, or if another candidate will be successful and take over at the helm.
The Irishman flew into Dublin from his base in Switzerland to appear before the Cycling Ireland board members at their meeting in the Clarion Hotel at Dublin Airport this evening. He addressed the board, explaining why he was looking for the federation's nomination to run for president and outlining why he believed he was the best candidate for the job.
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He also took questions from board members. Some members of the Irish cycling community spoke in support of him at Cycling Ireland's AGM last November. However, others have grave concerns about the UCI and McQuaid's leadership of it, with most of those concerns focussed on the manner in which the UCI handled the Lance Armstrong affair. Many are also concerned about the UCI's approach to the doping issue generally during McQuaid's presidency and the terms of his predecessor Hein Verbruggen.
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