This Time With Ballots

The Italian DanceSport Federation (FIDS) has elected a new President in a second Extraordinary Assembly held in Rome in less than two months. On 15 December, Michele Barbone defeated Giovanni Costantino in the balloting by the 1227 delegates who were present.

After Giovanni Costantino's election by acclamation during the Assembly on 22 October had been declared null and void, the Italian National Olympic Committee instated Constantino temporarily as Commissioner of FIDS and demanded that new elections be scheduled.

WDSF President Hinder was again among the first to congratulate the new FIDS President, expressing his hopes that Barbone would join him in the fight against competition manipulation. "I do hope that you, in your capacity as FIDS President, will also make the eradication of this scourge a priority of your term," Hinder wrote in his congratulatory message."