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Distressed associations outfoxed by Matthias -Congress to reconvene in 45 days
President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Christopher Matthias managed to outfox his adversaries and will carry on as the man at the helm of Guyana’s football after surviving a no-confidence motion during the entity’s Ordinary Congress yesterday, at the Regency Suites Hotel.
Also, of note was that an agreement was reached for the GFF and the displeased associations to meet within 45 days to reconvene the Congress with the aim of reaching common ground on the contentious issues.
Six associations staged a walkout, before returning after failing to win a majority following a vote to determine whether the issue of the no-confidence should be entertained after the vote ended in a 9-9 stalemate.
Alfred King of the Referees body is interviewed by the media following the aborted GFF Congress yesterday.
The six distressed associations were the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), National Women’s Football Association (NWFA), Guyana Football Coaches Association (GFCA), Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC), East Coast Football Association (ECFA) and East Demerara Football Association (EDFA).
The conclusion to reconvene at a later date was endorsed by the CONCACAF team of observers which included Director of Legal Affairs Marco Leal, FIFA Developmental Officer Howard McIntosh and CONCACAF Legal Advisor Bruce Blake.
Meanwhile, just before the start of the Congress, GFA General Secretary Odinga Lumumba sought to have the no-confidence motion be given priority on the meeting’s agenda and his call initiated some degree of confusion.
The no-confidence motion was filed on behalf of the EBFA and supported by the ECFA, but it was subsequently deemed unconstitutional with the one month notice and the reasons for its filing absent from the application.
Because of the adjournment, the Audit Report for the period January 1998-December 2012 was not discussed, while the two Vice-Presidents Ivan Persaud and Vanessa Dickenson were advised to resume attending meeting of the GFF.
McIntosh in brief comments with the media said he was disappointed with the situation.
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