Boca Juniors elections are set to go through this Sunday after the Appeals Court decided to overturn judge Alejandra Abrebaya’s decision to suspend them on November 28. Abrevaya halted voting due to alleged irregularities in the electoral roll following a complaint filed by the opposition ticket led by Andrés Ibarra and former Boca and Argentine President Mauricio Macri.

The nearly 100,000 Boca members will be cleared to stop by the La Bombonera Stadium, where the voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the club confirmed via communiqué. Around 50,000 members are expected to cast their votes, a 25% increase compared to the previous election, where 38,000 people voted.

“It is with great happiness that Boca Juniors tells its club members and fans that elections to choose club authorities until 2027 will take place this Sunday,” read the statement. 

The club also announced that it would cancel celebrations for “Boca Fan Day,” which is December 12 (12 being a number historically associated with Boca fans), in order to focus on the elections taking place.

The elections, originally scheduled for December 3, were postponed due to a complaint filed by the opposition. Ibarra and Macri claimed that 13,000 members had been illegally fast-tracked to “active” status, enabling them to vote for Riquelme. 

Abrevaya considered there was enough evidence to claim that “the transparency and legitimacy of the election of authorities might be in danger or, at the very least, under suspicion.”

However, the Appeals Court considered that the 13,800 members objected by the complaint had completed the year in which their legitimacy could be questioned. Furthermore, it stated that the complaint did not request they be returned to “adherent member,” a different member status that isn’t allowed to vote in the elections. 

Moreover, the court stated the judge failed to hear their case, adding that the suspension of the elections would require a high degree of certainty in the claims, which they did not find.