KARACHI: It has now been made clear by FIFA that the Pakistan Football Federation elections will not be held unless the Congress accepts the constitutional amendments proposed by the World Football Body.
Last month, members of the PFF Congress made fun of democracy after the PFF Congress members rejected these amendments during its extraordinary meeting.
“As a result, the electoral process, sports development, and international participation can be suspended until the elected Congress gives the proposed amendments,” the PFF routinely by the committee in September 2019 After years of crisis in the football governing body, he was installed by FIFA, in a statement on Wednesday.
A letter from PFFNC Chairman Aaron Malik to Congress members, a copy of which is available DonIt was stated that a “deadlock has been formed”.
“FIFA and Asian Football Federation have given the opinion in the strongest terms that Congress members want to be part of the FIFA family, they are not aligning with the spirit and principles of FIFA and AFC, and the newly elected Congress In the letter, Aaron writes that the members have created a deadlock. “
Emphasizing that these amendments were “for the future of Pakistan football”, he added that “commitment to compliance with FIFA is non -dialogue” and it has to resolve the issue of Congress. Intended to meet with members.
During last month’s extraordinary Congress meeting, which was practically conducted after another plan for planning for November, FIFA and AFC presented Congress members “all or nothing” It was amended that could be edited or none.
Although most of the amendments were agreed, the PFF Constitution was the focus of the disagreement around Article 38 of the PFF Constitution.
Currently Congress members or PFF, AFC or FIFA officials are limited, the world’s football governing body wants to start elections for anyone who has made football management at any level in the country. And has played an active role in the organization.
The PFF Congress, which rejected the 19-5 amendment, believes that anyone who has lost elections at the grassroots level-the district and the provincial-now can contest for the president.
Pushed outless
FIFA and AFC are reluctant to emphasize amendments.
In his letter to Aaron when the PFFNC was given its latest extension – as of February 15, FIFA general secretary Metasius Graphstrum advised that the amendment was approved without interruption during the unusual Congress of November Gone.
A day before the meeting was held, a constitution review workshop was organized in Lahore. However, the Congress never started when six departments protested against their removal by votes.
“.. Bureau [of the FIFA Council] It was noted that on November 19, 2024, just before the first unusual PFF Congress began, representatives of six department associations who failed to comply with the legal requirements requested to participate in Congress and vote. PFF was excluded from Congress, “Graphstrum noted in the letter, which has a copy of the Don.
“IT to ensure proper process and avoid rejecting the proposed constitutional changes, it was decided not to allow their participation and instead, the request for their joining to PFF entities Will be sent for appeal, which is set up.
“As a result, members of the PFF were told the same day that the PFF Congress would re -form … to adopt the new PFF constitution after the appeal was resolved.”
Don FIFA was asked if it could be a truly democratic election of PFF when – as it is clear in the letter – the departments were blocked for fear of rejecting the proposed amendment.
World football body sources said Don That FIFA will not go down this route. But when the departments were finally allowed to return to the Congress and the majority voted against these amendments, FIFA’s shock continued.
A member of the PFF Congress, who wants to not be named, said, “This is a turning pantry.” Don.
Official meeting
FIFA had never clearly expressed, while he was appointing a Normalization Committee in Pakistan, that constitutional amendments are part of its mandate.
But Don When it was revealed that the constitutional amendments would be coming in January 2021 when the body -led body -led body was installed in NC.
Before emphasizing the constitutional amendments, FIFA had vowed that it would meet with government officials, possibly taking them with the steps that were being proposed.
This meeting never happened. Whether FIFA reviews the project, which can potentially reduce the path to go through a constitutional amendment, it remains to be seen.
Dawn, appeared on February 6, 2025
