PATU Elections: Which positions are at stake?
April 2017
Master Ji Ho Choi will continue leading PATU as there were not applications for the position of president.
In similar situation are some other PATU leaders who seemingly will continue to occupy their positions in the Pan American governing body as there is only one candidacy; among them are Juan Manuel López from Mexico as Vice President for North America, María Borello Castillo from Guatemala as Vice President for Central America, Francisco Camacho of the Dominican Republic as Vice President for the Caribbean The positions in which is expected to have a tight fight are the vice-presidency of South America where there are two candidates and the PATU Council where there are four postulants and two available positions.
The vice-presidency of the South American region will be disputed between the Bolivian Alejandro Mansilla Arias, who is currently the holder of that position and the Chilean Mario Mandel Vaisman, an experienced leader, who not only held positions within PATU, but until 2013, was a WTF Council Member and subsequently continued to work within WTF in other roles The PATU elections will be held on June 23, 2017 in Muju, Korea; the PATU Council will be elected for the 2017-2021 period.
Source: MASTKD
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