UPDATE
Colleagues,
1) Letter from the President of Prisons Sports Club
The president of the Prisons Sports Club, John Rougier, has written to the TTFF regarding the club's seconding of the slate of candidates which I head for the EFA election. For reasons of Law I do not copy the letter to you but I quote Mr. Rougier extensively for your guidance:
..." a letter purported to be issued by the Secretary of the Trinidad and Tobago Prisons Service Sports and Recreational Club dated August 25th was unauthorized, unilateral and done without the approval and consent of the executive body of the club. In the circumstance that letter is null, void, and has no legal standing.
Please note that it is the formal position of the Executive of the Trinidad and Tobago Prisons Service Recreational, Sports and Cultural Club is that we stand fully behind and second the nomination of Mr. Keith Look Loy for the position of President of the Eastern Football Association, as well as the candidacy of Mr. Roger Griffith as Vice-President; Mr. Frank Rodriguez as Vice-President; Mr. Fallon Thomas as Committee Member; and Mr. Anil Maraj as Assistant Secretary Administration."
Mr. Rougier's letter was forwarded to Richard Groden, TTFF General Secretary, this afternoon.
2) Email message to TTFF and EFA
The message copied below was also sent to Richard Groden, TTFF General Secretary, and Neville Ferguson, EFA Secretary, this evening. Please read it carefully.
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Richard Groden
General Secretary
TTFF
Port of Spain
30 August 2011
Sir,
I attach two documents in connection with the election of officers to the executive committee of the Eastern FA, which was scheduled for Sunday 28 August 2011, but which was aborted by the TTFF-appointed election officer, Wayne Riley, on the basis of a letter from the purported secretary of the Prisons Sports Club.
Document 1 (3 pages):
Thirteen of the seventeen clubs in attendance at the Annual General Meeting of 28 August 2011 have signed a letter calling on the TTFF and EFA to hold the aborted election on Sunday 4 September 2011. This letter was written immediately after the AGM was prematurely terminated by Lennox Watson. I expect the EFA secretariat to comply with this directive of the Association's General Council.
I have attached a) the hand-written letter from the clubs, b) the list of signatories, and c) the typed version of the letter.
Document 2 (1 page):
A letter from the president of the Prisons Sports Club, John Rougier, which repudiates the claims of the person who claims to be the club's secretary, and supports the club's seconding of the slate of candidates which I head.
Since the reason for the abortion of the election of officers was the letter from the purported secretary of the Prisons Sports Club challenging the club's seconding of my slate of candidates, I demand the holding of the election on Sunday 3 September 2011, given the Prison Sports Club's reiteration of its seconding and consistent with the letter from the EFA General Council.
Finally, I have previously requested a copy of the letter from the purported Prisons Sports Club, which was the basis for the abortion of the election of officers by Wayne Riley, which none of the candidates on my slate, nor any of the EFA member clubs had knowledge of prior to Sunday 28 August 2011, nor which any have seen. I once again request a copy of this letter, which it is my legal right to have
I await your response to all of the above within the next forty-eight hours, and reserve the right to adopt appropriate action in the absence of same.
Regards.
Keith Look Loy
Candidate for the presidency of the EFA