Vote of no confidence planned against Romualdez
IS PHILIPPINE Football Federation (PFF) president Johnny Romualdez on the way out?
According to a member of the PFF Board of Governors (BOG), three FA presidents have contacted him about plans to unseat Romualdez after the PFF bungled its handling of the country’s campaign in the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Under-19 championship in Thailand this March.
The PFF failed to submit its entry on time and has been denied participation in the event which serves as a qualifier for the Fifa Women’s Under-20 Championships, blaming the lapse on clerical error.
The deadline was last Aug. 31, 2005 yet but the PFF only sent its entry last Jan. 3, 2006.
According to the BOG member, there is a plan to hold a vote of no confidence on Romualdez in the PFF Congress at the end of this month in Ilo-ilo City.
Meanwhile, Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo, promised to bring the AFC U19 issue on the board.
“I will bring up the issue, I want to hit this right on its head, and perhaps we can assure that it will not happen again,” said Maximo.
As to the talks of unseating Romualdez, Maximo said, “There are rumors but I don’t have any idea on their numbers or the plans.”
Meanwhile, another source close to the Mindanao FAs, which delivered the swing vote for Romualdez’s assumption to the presidency, said “What I'm sure of is that they seem to be afraid to let Mr. Romualdez know what they feel.mahirap na basi indi sila mahulugan grasya sa mga tournaments (They might not get any funding for their tournaments).
Mindanao has the biggest number of FAs registered with the PFF and currently holds the Liga Mindanao.
On the other hand, Cristy Ramos, who exposed the PFF’s blunder in the AFC Under 19 also advised Romualdez not to be threatened by plans to unseat him.
“Well then it should be his wake up call to do a better job! He should take it as a challenge, not as a threat,” said Ramos, who added that she hasn’t heard of any plans to unseat Romualdez.
According to a member of the PFF Board of Governors (BOG), three FA presidents have contacted him about plans to unseat Romualdez after the PFF bungled its handling of the country’s campaign in the Asian Football Confederation Women’s Under-19 championship in Thailand this March.
The PFF failed to submit its entry on time and has been denied participation in the event which serves as a qualifier for the Fifa Women’s Under-20 Championships, blaming the lapse on clerical error.
The deadline was last Aug. 31, 2005 yet but the PFF only sent its entry last Jan. 3, 2006.
According to the BOG member, there is a plan to hold a vote of no confidence on Romualdez in the PFF Congress at the end of this month in Ilo-ilo City.
Meanwhile, Cebu Football Association president Jonathan Maximo, promised to bring the AFC U19 issue on the board.
“I will bring up the issue, I want to hit this right on its head, and perhaps we can assure that it will not happen again,” said Maximo.
As to the talks of unseating Romualdez, Maximo said, “There are rumors but I don’t have any idea on their numbers or the plans.”
Meanwhile, another source close to the Mindanao FAs, which delivered the swing vote for Romualdez’s assumption to the presidency, said “What I'm sure of is that they seem to be afraid to let Mr. Romualdez know what they feel.mahirap na basi indi sila mahulugan grasya sa mga tournaments (They might not get any funding for their tournaments).
Mindanao has the biggest number of FAs registered with the PFF and currently holds the Liga Mindanao.
On the other hand, Cristy Ramos, who exposed the PFF’s blunder in the AFC Under 19 also advised Romualdez not to be threatened by plans to unseat him.
“Well then it should be his wake up call to do a better job! He should take it as a challenge, not as a threat,” said Ramos, who added that she hasn’t heard of any plans to unseat Romualdez.
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