Vote of no confidence canned
PHILIPPINE Football Federation (PFF) president Johnny Romualdez had his leadership questioned in the PFF Congress yesterday, however, he was saved by a technicality.
"I raised a motion declaring his (Romualdez) position as vacant, but it didn't push through," Laguna Football Association president Jun Pacificador told Sun.Star Cebu.
Paragraph five of Article 12 of the PFF constitution states "Only the PFF Congress, by an Absolute majority of the votes of the entire voting membership, may affect amendments, additions to or deletions from the Constitution and By-Laws, remove and replace the PFF President and/or dissolve the PFF upon the recommendation of the Board of Governors."
According to a BOG member, who requested anonymity, the resolution failed since the Board did not tackle it. "It has to pass through the board first," he said.
Despite the failure of his motion, Pacificador is content he was able to raise some of the issues the Laguna FA had against Romualdez.
"First the PFF is not following its own rules, they suspend somebody from football and then hire him as consultant, second is there are lapses in the governance of Romualdez. There is this goal project which was suspended for two months but he (Romualdez) didn't know it was suspended. Third is when he unilaterally decided to cancel the national futsal tournament which was supposed to be hosted by Laguna," Pacifacador said.
The cancellation happened despite Romualdez reportedly assuring them the event will push through "by hook or by crook."
"We don't mind the expense, it's the humiliation. We negotiated with the provincial government for sponsorships," he said.
According to Pacificador, these three factors put together resulted "to the Under 19 fiasco" referring to the failure of the country to join the Asian Football Confederation Under-19 after the PFF sent its entry past the deadline.
The PFF blamed "clerical error" for it.
"It clearly shows it's more than a clerical error. It's systematic, I hope magising na sila," he said.
AFC women's committee deputy chair Cristy Ramos, who broke the U-19 fiasco, is expected to attend the BOG meeting today, to talk about the fiasco.
"I raised a motion declaring his (Romualdez) position as vacant, but it didn't push through," Laguna Football Association president Jun Pacificador told Sun.Star Cebu.
Paragraph five of Article 12 of the PFF constitution states "Only the PFF Congress, by an Absolute majority of the votes of the entire voting membership, may affect amendments, additions to or deletions from the Constitution and By-Laws, remove and replace the PFF President and/or dissolve the PFF upon the recommendation of the Board of Governors."
According to a BOG member, who requested anonymity, the resolution failed since the Board did not tackle it. "It has to pass through the board first," he said.
Despite the failure of his motion, Pacificador is content he was able to raise some of the issues the Laguna FA had against Romualdez.
"First the PFF is not following its own rules, they suspend somebody from football and then hire him as consultant, second is there are lapses in the governance of Romualdez. There is this goal project which was suspended for two months but he (Romualdez) didn't know it was suspended. Third is when he unilaterally decided to cancel the national futsal tournament which was supposed to be hosted by Laguna," Pacifacador said.
The cancellation happened despite Romualdez reportedly assuring them the event will push through "by hook or by crook."
"We don't mind the expense, it's the humiliation. We negotiated with the provincial government for sponsorships," he said.
According to Pacificador, these three factors put together resulted "to the Under 19 fiasco" referring to the failure of the country to join the Asian Football Confederation Under-19 after the PFF sent its entry past the deadline.
The PFF blamed "clerical error" for it.
"It clearly shows it's more than a clerical error. It's systematic, I hope magising na sila," he said.
AFC women's committee deputy chair Cristy Ramos, who broke the U-19 fiasco, is expected to attend the BOG meeting today, to talk about the fiasco.
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