WHY THREE?
... aggrieved in FAZ squabbles question FIFA
THEaggrieved parties in the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) electoral process are yet to receive correspondence from the FAZ and FIFA regarding who attends the October 31 virtual meeting with FIFA.
Lawyers representing the aggrieved, Gilbert Phiri, says they had long written to FIFA and FAZ seeking clarification on the criteria to be used for attendance to the meeting and how it was arrived at that only three members from the aggrieved would attend.
Phiri says they don’t know why it had been narrowed down to three when there were so many aggrieved parties some of whom did not concern elections.
He says that when they attended the stakeholders meeting with the sports council, it was established that aggrieved parties were many some of whom comprised administrators such as Blackwell Siwale, Elijah Chileshe, Pivoty Simwanza and many other whose matters did not even relate to elections. Phiri however says the aggrieved parties are ready for the October 31 meeting with FIFA and that they were looking forward to resolving the issues surrounding the electoral process.
“There are so many aggrieved parties but if FIFA narrowed it down then we don’t know what they mean. We wrote to them to ask what these three representatives are all about so that we are all clear what they mean when they say three representatives. So our letter has not been answered up to now and we don’t know why it has been narrowed to three representatives,” Phiri said.
On the face of it, there are three who went to court over elections, these are the aggrieved parties over the electoral process. Now as to whether that’s what FAZ and FIFA is referring to I don’t know because there are so many aggrieved parties and some of the grievances have nothing to do with elections. We hope we can receive clarification from FIFA and FAZ before the said date.
FAZ and the aggrieved parties in the electoral process are set to meet FIFA in a virtual meeting aimed at ironing out the wrangles that had engulfed Zambian football.