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The AIFF president Praful Patel on Monday mentioned he won’t contest elections as and when they’re held as he isn’t eligible however the basic home permitted extension of the time period of government committee until the Supreme Court decides on a pending case. A decision was handed through the digital Annual General Body Meeting to increase the time period of the manager committee until the SC provides it verdict on framing of latest structure and election course of.
“Patel informed the members that elections cannot be held in the absence of a new constitution. He said the AIFF sought legal opinion before approaching the Supreme Court to allow extension of the term of the executive committee,” a high official of a member unit who attended the assembly informed PTI on circumstances of anonymity.
“Patel said he is not eligible to contest elections any more because of term limit. The members agreed that the executive committee under the leadership of Patel should continue till the elections are held.”
The AGM was attended by representatives from the world physique FIFA and Asian Football Confederation. IOA was represented by treasurer Anandeshwar Pandey was additionally current as an observer.
The four-year time period of the present government committee ends on Monday and underneath regular circumstances, the elections must be held through the AGM with Patel, who has been AIFF president since 2012, ineligible to contest as per the Sports Code.
The AIFF final month moved an software earlier than the Supreme Court, looking for continuation of its present government committee past its time period on the bottom that the court-appointed directors are but to border a brand new structure to conduct elections.
A FIFA spokesperson had earlier mentioned that it expects the AIFF to fulfil its obligations underneath Article 14 of the statutes of the world physique.
“FIFA is in contact with the AIFF in relation to the upcoming electoral process. While respecting the principle of autonomy, FIFA expects all its member associations to fulfil their obligations in line with article 14 of the FIFA Statutes,” the FIFA spokesperson informed PTI.
The Article 14 of FIFA Statutes primarily pertains to members associations’ obligations to comply with Standard Statutes of the world physique, to handle their affairs independently and never get influenced by any third events.
It instructs members to conform absolutely with the Statutes, rules, directives and selections of FIFA our bodies in addition to the selections of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The Supreme Court, in a 2017 order, had appointed a Committee of Administrators comprising former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi and Bhaskar Ganguli to formulate the structure of the AIFF in consonance with the Sports Code.
Quraishi, nonetheless, had refuted AIFF’s claims that he had sought extra time to arrange the draft structure of the sports activities physique, saying the doc has already been submitted to the Supreme courtroom.
He mentioned the Committee of Administrators had finalised the draft structure in December final 12 months and submitted it to the SC in January this 12 months in a sealed cowl as directed by the Supreme courtroom.
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Under the Sports Code, the president of a nationwide sports activities federation can maintain workplace for a most three phrases or 12 years.
Patel, a former union minister, served as appearing president for one 12 months after long-time head Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi suffered a cardiac arrest in 2008. He took over as full-time president in October 2009 earlier than being re-elected for the highest job in December 2012 and 2016.
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