I’m not part of aggrieved, says Pivoty Simwanza

NDOLA-BASED football administrator Pivoty Simwanza has dispelled suggestions that he was part of the aggrieved parties in the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) wrangles.

Simwanza said contrary to assertions in certain quarters, he has never been a part of the aggrieved parties and it was for that reason that he hasn’t dragged FAZ to court.

Simwanza was reacting to an article in which lawyers representing the aggrieved parties in the FAZ wrangles Gilbert Phiri questioned the criteria used to only invite three people to the FIFA meeting

FAZ and aggrieved parties are set to meet

FIFA on October 31 in a bid to iron out perceived wrangles that have engulfed Zambian football.

Simwanza was among the unsuccessful candidates in the FAZ electoral process after his nomination was not ratified by the association's electoral committee on account of having failed to meet the integrity test requirements.

But the former FAZ executive committee member said he still believes in the association's electoral process and it was for that reason that his candidacy was still being looked at following his disqualification based on an administrative misunderstanding.

He said that he does not believe in taking football matters to court and hence he is determined to exhaust the whole appeal process.

''I am not an aggrieved party, and I am not part of that arrangement neither is Gilbert Phiri, because I have confidence in our FAZ appeal process, when you are aggrieved you go to the next level and that’s why I never went to court because I want to follow the process to the letter and my case is being given active attention,'' Simwanza said.

And Simwanza expressed confidence that his case and that of presidential spirant Ricky Mamfunda whose candidacy was also not approved by the appeals committee were being worked on and would be successful.