two-thirds faz emergency council meeting underway

IN SPORTS NEWS:THE TWO-THIRDS FAZ EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING IS UNDERWAY AT LUSAKA’S INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL.

HENSCHEL CHITEMBEYE, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO RESIGNED STARTED BY CONDUCTING A ROLL CALL WITH A GREEN BUFFALOES, ZANACO, POWER DYNAMOS, LUSAKA DYNAMOS, MONZE SWALLOWS, KUMAWA STARS, STAN HAZARD ACADEMY, ZAFCA, ZAVOSOFA AND RAZ ARE ALL PRESENT WITH A NUMBER OF FAZ LIFE MEMBERS.

FAZ DISSOLVED ITSELF ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF THE NATIONAL SPORTS COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS, HENSCHEL CHITEMBEYA, PIVOT SIMWANZA, VIOLET BWALYA AND VICE-PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MUNAILE.

THE DISSOLUTION WAS IN RESPECT OF ARTICLE 27 (3) (III) OF THE FAZ CONSTITUTION THAT RENDERED THE FIVE REMAINING MEMBERS DYSFUNCTIONAL. ARTICLE 27 (3) (III) STATES: SIX MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL FORM A QUORUM.

FOLLOWING THE DISSOLUTION, FAZ CO-OPTED FOUR NEW MEMBERS WHOSE APPOINTMENT WAS DEEMED ILLEGAL BY THE NSCZ AS THEY COULD NOT BE RATIFIED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

THREE OF THE CO-OPTED MEMBERS TURNED DOWN THE OFFER CITING ILLEGALITY.
ACCORDING TO THE FAZ CONSTITUTION, AN EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING CAN ONLY BE SANCTIONED BY TWO BODIES.

ARTICLE 26 (2) (IV) STATES: EMERGENCY  COUNCIL MEETINGS SHALL BE CALLED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS IT NECESSARY OR IF TWO THIRDS OF MEMBERS SUBMIT A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR IT AND ONLY ITEMS INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA SHALL BE DISCUSSED AS SUCH EMERGENCY MEETINGS.

THE 149 CLUBS THAT HAVE CALLED FOR THE MEETING HAVE LISTED THREE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE AS FOLLOWS: ELECTIONS OF CHAIRPERSON, CONFIRMATION OF DISSOLUTION OF THE EXECUTIVE AND ELECTIONS. A QUORUM FOR THE TWO THIRDS COMPRISES HALF OF THE MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.

WITH FAZ COMPRISING 219 AFFILIATES AMONG THEM NINE PROVINCIAL ASSOCIATIONS, 147 CLUBS CONSTITUTE TWO THIRDS. SHOULD THE TWO THIRDS TURN UP FOR TODAY’S MEETING IT WOULD RENDER TOMORROW’S MEETING IRRELEVANT AS IT WOULD FALL SHORT OF FORMING A QUORUM TO TRANSACT

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