Vaucluse. Festival off d’Avignon: the election of the president of the Avignon Festival association canceled
By Lea Surmaire
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A extraordinary general meeting will be held on March 7, 2022. Members of the Avignon Festival & Compagnies (AF&C) association must choose their new board members.
A contested election
I’November 29, 2021 election was contested by several AF&C members, companies and theatres. Among other things, according to the press release of the Federation of Independent Theaters of Avignon, were observed ” abusive exclusions of members by non-compliance with the statutory procedures and the terms of exclusion, arbitrary non-renewal of membership applicationor votes not taken into account by mail “.
Court cancels election
These companies and theaters “arbitrarily disabled” according to the press release to participate in the vote of November 29, seized the court of Avignon“after amicable exhaustion of all internal and external voices”.
The court ruled on February 7 in their favour. After recognizing that irregularities had an impact on the orientation of the votes, he canceled the elections of Mrs. Alexia Vidal and Mr. Sébastien Benedetto as members of the association’s board of directors.
He also directed AF&C to convene an EGM within one month to elect a member of the board of directors, in any case for college A.
It will therefore take place on March 7th.
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