At the FIDE General Assembly in Budapest,Yolander Persaud was elected FIDE "Ethics and Disciplinary Commission Chairman".
The CVs of the three candidates were given out to the delegates less than 24h before the election and it was not allowed to ask questions to the candidates. Why not? Things went bizarre when the digital voting machine came up with 220 votes from 176 delegates! So a manual vote was done thereafter. Anyway, just to show what kind of organization FIDE is.
Not surprisingly, after enormous pressure and warning letters from various organizations like IOC and Western governments, FIDE rejected the Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation´s proposal to restore the full rights of the Russian and Belarus Chess Federations.
After some discussion, the FIDE General Assembly put forward three options for the vote:
After careful consideration, the majority of the FIDE Council members have concluded that the current circumstances do not provide sufficient grounds to support the motions from the Kyrgyz Chess Union. General Assembly requests the FIDE Council to conduct consultations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (POC), regarding the possibility of a partial reconsideration of the restrictions, allowing vulnerable groups – such as players with disabilities and children under 12 in all FIDE events.
To recommend to the FIDE Council to keep in force all the current restrictions related to the chess federations of Russia and Belarus.
To recommend to the FIDE Council to lift all the current restrictions related to the chess federations of Russia and Belarus.
The General Assembly voted to adopt option one with 66 votes. Option two was supported by 41 federations, option three by only 21 votes. Eleven countries abstained.
Sources:
https://www.chessdom.com/scandals-at-the-ethics-commission-chairman-elections/
https://www.chessdom.com/fide-council-rejects-kyrgyz-proposal/
https://www.fide.com/news/3230
