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Experienced football administrator Kofi Manu has stated that the way Ashantigold was suspended at the just ended Congress in Kumasi did not follow proper procedure.
At the Congress, 67 members voted in favour of the continuous suspension of the Obuasi-based club, with 17 voting against it.
This decision means that Miners will not be able to participate in footballing activities in the country.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) suspended Ashgold with immediate effect under Article 17(1) of the GFA Statutes due to their involvement with banned officials, namely Kwaku Frimpong and Emmanuel Frimpong over a violation of GFA and FIFA statutes.
The duo were banned by the GFA for their involvement in sports betting and alleged match manipulation.
"The congress if you get more than 50 percent you form the quorum and the more than 50 percent quorum if you vote and 75 percent vote for the motion for suspension then the member is deemed to have been suspended," he told Peace FM as monitored by Footballghana.com
"But the information I got was that the attendance sheet recorded 120 delegates as at the time the congress was started. So during the vote what I heard was that 67 and 17 I don't know the number of abstentions and others. But what I always say and people think I am insulting them you are a lawyer based on what are you using to make the calculation,"
Because that article what it says is that either 60 percent in voting and 60 percent that is the quorum is more than 50 percent and the valid votes carried is 75 percent. If you go to article 18 suspension it is very specific based on what did he use for the percentage in the suspension meanwhile you raised you hand you didn't do secret balloting,"
"I always say that Kurt Okraku thinks the GFA is for his father and he does what he likes. He has a lawyer who is the general secretary who also doesn't respect the law. The general secretary does not take part in deliberations at congress even the president has no vote he only presides over the meeting. The general secretary cannot lay a motion. How can you allow the general secretary to come and table the suspension? He is not presiding over the meeting it is the president who should announce that item,"
At the Congress, 67 members voted in favour of the continuous suspension of the Obuasi-based club, with 17 voting against it.
This decision means that Miners will not be able to participate in footballing activities in the country.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) suspended Ashgold with immediate effect under Article 17(1) of the GFA Statutes due to their involvement with banned officials, namely Kwaku Frimpong and Emmanuel Frimpong over a violation of GFA and FIFA statutes.
The duo were banned by the GFA for their involvement in sports betting and alleged match manipulation.
"The congress if you get more than 50 percent you form the quorum and the more than 50 percent quorum if you vote and 75 percent vote for the motion for suspension then the member is deemed to have been suspended," he told Peace FM as monitored by Footballghana.com
"But the information I got was that the attendance sheet recorded 120 delegates as at the time the congress was started. So during the vote what I heard was that 67 and 17 I don't know the number of abstentions and others. But what I always say and people think I am insulting them you are a lawyer based on what are you using to make the calculation,"
Because that article what it says is that either 60 percent in voting and 60 percent that is the quorum is more than 50 percent and the valid votes carried is 75 percent. If you go to article 18 suspension it is very specific based on what did he use for the percentage in the suspension meanwhile you raised you hand you didn't do secret balloting,"
"I always say that Kurt Okraku thinks the GFA is for his father and he does what he likes. He has a lawyer who is the general secretary who also doesn't respect the law. The general secretary does not take part in deliberations at congress even the president has no vote he only presides over the meeting. The general secretary cannot lay a motion. How can you allow the general secretary to come and table the suspension? He is not presiding over the meeting it is the president who should announce that item,"