Everything changes… and nothing changes at the IOC. Jacques Rogge indicated this on Friday: his successor in the chair of president will continue not to receive remuneration. The former surgeon, who is reaching the end of his two mandates of eight and four years, explained that he had defended the idea of remuneration for the Presidency so that younger members, with families, would not be prevented from not run for office for simple economic reasons. “ I consulted the six candidates, all six said they did not want to be paid. They would remain under the current cost reimbursement system », Underlined the Belgian during a press conference at the end of a three-day meeting of the executive commission in Saint Petersburg. Furthermore, Jacques Rogge explained that he “ did not expect a seventh candidate » to his succession, but if one declared himself before the deadline of June 10, the executive commission could study the question of remuneration again.
— Published on May 31, 2013
