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Weikert schmoozes Guinea-Bissau, buys another vote
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Author:  mynamenotbob [ 12 May 2017, 04:34 ]
Post subject:  Weikert schmoozes Guinea-Bissau, buys another vote
The International Table Tennis Federation claims it has become the first governing body to achieve a full membership of 226 National Associations, after Guinea-Bissau was accepted.

ITTF President Thomas Weikert went to Guinea-Bissau personally to buy another vote for the upcoming ITTF election. Guinea-Bissau has rampant corruption with five different prime ministers in a nine-month stretch last year, so it's an ideal country for the ITTF to partner with.

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The ITTF believes it has now spread its tentacles into all possible countries and territories across the globe.

Guinea-Bissau, together with Cape Verde, Eritrea and The Bahamas, will receive an ITTF payoff of $25,000 (£19,400/€23,000) in technical support and $5,000 (£3,800/€4,600) in equipment support at the ITTF Annual General Meeting on May 31 in Düsseldorf in Germany during the 2017 World Championships.

In comparison, the United Nations only has a paltry 193 member states.

http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/ ... nea-bissau
Author:  Baal [ 12 May 2017, 10:19 ]
Post subject:  Re: Weikert schmoozes Guinea-Bissau, buys another vote
And that country gets just as many votes at the AGM as China.
Author:  iskandar taib [ 12 May 2017, 10:22 ]
Post subject:  Re: Weikert schmoozes Guinea-Bissau, buys another vote
Yup, table tennis is a pretty penny-ante sport. A "pawltry" $25,000 for a national organization? The cheapskates...

mynamenotbob wrote:
In comparison, the United Nations only has a paltry 193 member states.


That's because England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, not to mention Macau and Hong Kong, or even Taiwan or Palestine are members.

Iskandar
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