OOAK Table Tennis Forum

Well, we all knew that the fix was in. This ITTF electorate voted for Sharara even though they know they've been repeatedly lied to by him. 75% supported him despite evidence of serious corruption on multiple levels.

At least Bosi brought some of Sharara's unethical practices into the light.

The French Association backed Bosi. http://www.stefanobosi.com/wp-content/u ... y-2013.pdf

It was secret ballots, so unless someone makes a statement there is no record on who voted for who. Of course, the people tallying the secret votes were all Sharara appointees or paid ITTF employees, so it's open to question what the real result was. So much for transparency.

There is nothing in the ITTF Constitution about an independent entity doing the counting, probably never considered since ITTF presidents are usually in for life.

When Bosi requested a representative to observe the voting, ITTF CEO Judit Farago, a paid ITTF employee and longtime Sharara aide, assured him in writing "It is in everyone's interest to have a fair and democratic election. I am sure that all candidates for all positions agree and I am sure this is also what the delegates want. I can assure you that the elections will be conducted with integrity and the ITTF staff has taken every measure to ensure sure that.

"…Again, in order to stick to the rules and to avoid any misunderstandings, we cannot allow anyone to attend the AGM during the election process. Therefore we cannot allow your technician, but it will not be necessary based on the conditions mentioned above."

Adham Sharara: This election was different than others.

Our ambition is to make table tennis one of the five best sports in the world.

P4 Plan - Participation, Popularity, Profit, Planning - now we want to add fifth P - we are weak in the Promotion department, ITTF needs to do more promotion for our sport all over, not only in places where it is popular. The goal is to be one of the top five in the world. Everyone must work very hard for this.

Yes, he attacked, that was his strategy, but that is not my style. The delegates understood to elect someone who will work for the ITTF. No hard feelings at all.

We don't tell the world enough about what the ITTF does. We want to give ITTF a new brand and new image so everyone can recognize the ITTF.

Increase presence on modern media, social media, streaming more on ww.ittf.com and YouTube. Website and TV coverage of table tennis is generally very high but our events have low print coverage.

The results of the election indicate that the plan we presented is the plan that ITTF wants to follow.

we are weak in the Promotion department