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Letter to the Sports Editor…A commendable gesture by the city’s football fraternity, but!

Mar 17, 2013 Sports

 

 

Dear Sir,
I hasten to comment on the publication of an article by Iva Wharton, captioned “Matthias is the GFA candidate to contest GFF top post” S.N. 10.03.13.  Editor, despite the fact that I had publicly favoured Colonel Bruce Lovell as my choice for the presidency of the Guyana Football Federation when the Ordinary Congress (Annual General Meeting) is convened on 12.04.13, since he has “no baggage from the past or hidden skeletons in his closet”.
Surely, it would have been a “breath of fresh air”, in a new dispensation of the sports administration.”  Nevertheless, the will of the city’s football populace has spoken in a democratic and transparent manner which must be respected.
The historical convening of a “Special General Members’ Meeting” on 09.03.13 to deal specifically with the nomination of the GFF top post, is indeed commendable.
And it should also be across the board for the remaining affiliates of the GFF.  The nomination and seconding process ought to be decided by representatives of clubs, along with members of the Coaches Association.
It was woefully sad, that Attorney-at-Law and APNU parliamentarian, Joseph Harmon could have only secured a solitary vote, compliments of Alpha United.  And on a disappointing note Colonel Bruce Lovell a mere 2, not even from the Joint Services contemporary, Guyana Police Force.  Does this bring into the equation the qualities of leadership of the GFA President, an army Officer, since Matthias was overwhelming unchallenged with 9 of the 13 votes and 1abstention.  Why is it that the largest constituency in football, Georgetown, rejected Harmon at least from a political perspective? “Food for thought”!
Meanwhile, would it be a derailment of the nomination process, from a democratic and transparent perspective, if an association, i.e. Berbice, nominates, and or seconded a candidate within the prescribed timeframe, then convenes its AGM, thereafter and is voted out?
And the incoming executive does not honour the nomination(s) or seconding, since there was no club involvement! How would the GFF executive deal with the issue? It is for this reason I had earlier alluded to the fact that the GFA’s process should be across the board!
Finally, does the GFA in its entirety think that they have all the administrative capabilities to run the nation’s football? This I say unreservedly and unapologetically, since their level of non-compromise is being displayed as a “badge of honour”.
Which affiliate or association would support a “GFA General Council mandate to make nominations for all positions of the GFF?
Three Vice Presidents and two committee members”, maybe this “height of tomfoolery” would be the perfect script a humorous satire Something to Laugh About at Theatre Guild and definitely not the Cultural Centre.
Lester Sealey

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