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| Delegates at a 13 April, 2013 Constitutional Adoptive Congress blames GFF Normalisation Committee of presiding over massive irregularities (Photo credit: B.B. Baldeh/GFA/Facebook) |
Amid
wrangling, confusion, accusations and counter-accusations among key
stakeholders, the NC’s Vice Chairperson Alagie Omar Sey, calls for the general
public’s focus on the “way forward” for Gambian Football.
“We
need to forget all the unnecessary arguments and we focus on the future,” Sey
during a July 25, 2013 press conference held at the GFF Complex in Kanifing.
The
Normalisation Committee are here to normalise and not to stay forever when our
time is over we are going but we want to live
a well structured plan behind us, he added.
Last
week, the NC banned two candidates (former FA President Seedy Kinteh and Vice
President Adama Halla Samba) from running for elected office following
allegations of “financial misuse” and “maladministration”.
The decision
was met with stern criticism from opposite quarters as Kinteh and Samba
denied allegations at a joint press conference last Wednesday.
They
noted that such allegations have popped-up in the past but they were cleared by
a police inquiry into the matter. They also accuse the NC of involving in a
smear campaign and witch-hunt against the Kinteh-led executive committee that
was dissolved by The Gambia’s Sports Ministry on March 2, 2012.
On
Thursday, NC Chairperson Sey announced that the general body of the respective
regions has sent names of representative to the Congress. Observers are also expected
from FIFA, football’s world governing body and CAF, Africa’s football governing
body.
“I
am very proud to inform you that we will continue to avoid anything that will
hinder the process here to the day and even after the day of elections,” said
Mr Sey - referring to the current state of wrangling in the managerial aspect
of the game.
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| In April, GFA (Now GFF) Normalisation Committee chairperson Alhagie Omar Sey (L) said those who voted against the new Constitution will be disenfranchised in the upcoming presidential election (Photo credit: B.B. Baldeh/GFA/Facebook) |
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out of the 73 delegates will have a voting right. The election will be
transparent as plans are already in place to invite the Independent Electoral
Commission (IEC) to send in election observers during the electoral
process.
Marcel
Mendy, GFF acting Secretary General, said: “Security on the day of the GFF elections
will not be compromise at any cost”.
Accommodation
and transport will be provided for the entire delegate especially does coming
from the regions, he added while claiming the ground will be leveled for free
and fair elections.
“Violence
will not be accepted at any level and plans are already in place to put up tight
security because we have been facing hitches here and there in our previous
gatherings,” he stressed.
Accreditation
cards will be issued to all participating delegates, hence, no individual will
be allowed to enter the Stadium without an accreditation card, he warned.
Written by Modou S. Joof
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- The Voice Newspaper's Omar Bah contributed to this story from Kanifing
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