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Letter to the Sports Editor…Matthias responds to letters

Mar 31, 2013 Sports

 

Dear Editor,
I am forced to respond to letters that were printed in the Kaieteur News that attempted to besmirch my character as an administrator of football and someone who will be vying for the post of Presidency of the Guyana Football Federation come April 12.
The letters, purportedly written by one Lester Sealey and a Joseph Forde, sought to question my integrity as well as deem me unsuitable to vie for the highest position in local football.
Mr. Editor the likes of the Sealeys and Fordes, if they are not one and the same, are confused men with not so hidden agendas.
The likes of these individuals have fought against me since my introduction into football which was initiated by my former Customs colleague Mr. Mark Layne, who encouraged me to get involved in the sport to bring the much needed administrative soundness to the instituition.
They have wrestled tooth and nail to ensure that the status quo remains and even today they are seeking to exchange the present with the current so as to ensure the existence of their little world where they alone are considered as the ‘experts’ on administration despite the current state of the institution after their many years and involvement in its existence.
The height of their confusion goes like this- (1) firstly, they alleged that it was I who had stolen the gate receipts at the opening of the 2002 league, but when they discovered that the handling of the same was done in a structured manner that completely exonerated me from any such wrongdoing, they then back-peddled and blamed the elected Treasurer Dawn Campbell who at all times was the custodian of all finances of the then league, but somehow still attempted to keep me in the picture by describing me as lacking accountability by not reporting the incident.
Upon discovering that it was I who, immediately, had informed, all the relevant stakeholders of the indiscretion of the elected treasurer, they then shifted the accusation to that of financial misconduct on my part.
What a vague term indeed for to date not one of them has come forward with any evidence, whatsoever, to support such a claim.
The most recent and ludicrous accusation has now shifted to being that of the non-presentation of audited financial statements.
Since these goodly gentlemen are bold enough to continue to peddle such misinformation as pipers, paid or unpaid,by those willing to frustrate the development of the sport, for their own reasons, I am forced to extend an invitation for them to join me on any television station of their choice to present to the entire nation the evidence in their possession that accuses me of any financial misconduct during my tenure as an administrator in football.
The programme will be for paid by me.
Christopher Matthias

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