The General Secretary of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) Jaswar Umar downplayed the allegations made by R. Puvendran against the President Anura De Silva and the Executive Committee.
Sri Lanka Football Federation President & co asked to resign
In a surprising turn of events over the weekend, ….
As published by most of the leading newspapers in the country and ThePapare.com, the Regional Development Committee Chairman R. Puvendran complained against the FFSL President for not honouring the decisions made by the Executive Committee and taking decisions through the counsel of three committee members which has allegedly led to the downfall of the game in the country.
The complaint to the Sports Minister listed various financial mismanagements as well as administrative issues.
President of FFSL Anura De Silva’s immediate response to the complaint was;
“These are baseless accusations. The discussion was different from the picture given to the media. We will discuss this in our next Executive Committee meeting to reveal the truth. The Ex-Co meeting is open to all members to discuss and do what is best for football. There is no dictatorship whatsoever from my part.
We may make mistakes but not damage the game or purposely damage the administration and do anything to harm the game. The accusation is to tarnish my image. I will call for a press conference after internal discussions.”
ThePapare.com spoke exclusively to General Secretary Jaswar Umar to clarify further action taken against the complaint;
“We have seen these allegations in papers. We are still in touch with him as normal. He has given his resignation from the Executive Committee which will be tabled in the next ExCo meeting.
There’s no need for any action taken against him as this something he has expressed and we will ask him to explain. If there is a truth we need to find out, if there’s a misunderstanding we will clear the air and we will try to settle together. I believe working together there can be mistakes and all but I don’t see any frauds.”
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