The 'Manifest Blaugrana' group, which defends the model whereby the members act as the owners of the club, believes that the Barça board of directors should resign en masse by 15th January in order to respect the "fair play within the club" called for by Josep Maria Bartomeu.

Bartomeu has announced that elections will be held in the summer. However, his failure to specify the actual date on which they will be held has caused a degree of controversy. "The most democratic, ethical and correct procedure for the members and the club would be the mass resignation of the board by 15th January at the latest, with the immediate formation of a Management Committee which would run the club until the elections at the end of the season", Manifest Blaugrana assured.

The group stresses that Bartomeu's announcement is "a declaration of intent" and because the current board has not served its full term - which ends in June 2016 - the only situation in which the club's articles of association contemplate elections is if 75% of the directors - or 50% if they include the president - hand in their resignation.

In light of the fact that the term has not been completed, the statement by Manifest Blaugrana notes that elections cannot be held between 15th and 30th June and the Management Committee has a maximum of three months to call elections once it is formed.