The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) General Secretary Reuben Kamanga has confirmed that the AGM will not go ahead as the Association has two court actions against it.
Kamanga, who addressed the media and delegates at the Fairmount Hotel, said there was no action from the courts to change the status quo.
Kamanga also informed the gathered crowd at the Hotel that the delegation from FIFA, CAF and COSAFA were heading to the Airport since the meeting was not going to take place.
“We have two court actions against the Association and this is past 11h00 if my time is correct and we have any information to the contrary so unfortunately as indicated yesterday. FIFA as well has confirmed they are actually going to the Airport as we speak, there is no indication that this meeting will take place,” Kamanga said.
“So I thought I should just make it very official to you that we have not started anything to start the process of having a meeting because there is no action that has come from the court on the two actions that were taken against the Association. So I thought I should give you this brief that unfortunately at this point the AGM will not be taking place,” he added.
FAZ revealed that it had been served with a court order from Lewis and Nathan Advocates representing Humphrey Mwape Musonda and that there was also a pending court action before the court by Elijah Chileshe and Blackwell Siwale to restrain FAZ from proceeding with the AGM
The Football Association of Zambia was set to hold it’s Elective Annual General Meeting this morning but it was halted yesterday by a court order.
The world football governing body FIFA dispatched a delegation led by Deputy Chief Member Associations Officer Gelson Fernandes to observe the AGM. Fernandes was accompanied by FIFA Senior Member Associations’ Governance Manager Ahmed Harraz.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) also sent high-level representatives, with Director of the Member Association Division Sarah Mukuna and Director of Legal Affairs Felix Majani in attendance.
At the regional level, the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) has deployed its Executive Director Sue Destombes and COSAFA Vice President and Chairman of Competitions Timothy Shongwe, who arrived in Zambia on Friday afternoon.
