Monday 9 January 2017

New Soccer Association to be formed in Papua New Guinea (Post Courier 30/12/16)

11 of the 12 Presidents in support of  a new Football association to rival Papua New Guinea Football Association 

By FIDELIS SUKINA

A new Football association for PNG is likely to be formed after a total of 12 Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) member associations not being satisfied with David Chung being reinstated as President of PNGFA.

Hekari, Mendi, Wabag, Koupa, Autonomous Rergion of Bougainville, Lae Football Association and Manus are the seven associations serving provisional suspensions while five others Madang, National Capital District Public Servants Soccer Association (NCDPSSA), Tabubil, Goroka and Lahi were not suspended but didn’t attend the Congress in Kimbe due to flight problems.

Their frustrations have led to their final agreement to form a separate association apart from the existing PNGFA.

Their spokes person and suspended Hekari Soccer Association President John Kapi Natto said to the media yesterday that the 12 associations have agreed and are going ahead to form the new association.

“This association will start from Vanimo to Miline Bay, Manus, Kavieng to Western Province we are going to do this association and we will register it with Investment Promotion Authority (IPA) and it will have a constitution we will register it with PNG Sports Foundation.

“These 12 Associations have given their mandate and we will write to the Sports Minister and tell the Government and the people of Papua New Guinea that we will form a new Football Association in the country,” Kapi Natto said

He said while they are forming the new Association he will be challenging the legality of the quorum

“I want to test the legality of quorum I think I have grounds to challenge the status of PNGFA in the court of law before I do that I will make sure my association is ok I have the blessing of the 12 while we are setting up this new Association”, Kapi Natto said

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