Dariusz Banaszek remained the president of the Polish Cycling Federation (PZKol) after a heated debate during federations' extraordinary general meeting of the delegates in Pruszków.
Delegates of all regions vote every four years to elect a new president and board, although this year the extraordinary meeting turned into a heated discussion about federation's management, with officials reading out private text messages and accusing each other of various wrongdoings.
With 74 delegates present, Banaszek received a strong mandate – 16 delegates were in favour of his dismissal, 48 opposed, and 5 abstained.
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Banaszek, who was elected president last December, today faced scrutiny over handling the federation's financial operations and managing the crisis that in the recent months rocked Polish cycling.
The meeting came almost a month after allegations of past financial malpractice and sustained sexual abuse by a former employee of the federation were brought to light by an audit conducted in the fall of 2017. While its official findings never went public, some of its contents were disclosed in late November to Sportowe Fakty by former federation vice-president Piotr Kosmala.
The disclosure sparked a massive outcry both from government officials. Poland's Ministry of Sports and Tourism started looking into the federation's operations, and minister Witold Banka called upon the whole board to resign, demanding a "total reset". He also suspended ministerial funding and the federation has subsequently undergone a number of controls from state institutions and its own audit commission.
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