Owona suspends executive bodies of football leagues

After the blow of the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (CAS) that canceled the electoral process that was ongoing within the Cameroon football Federation, Fifa, the world football Government gave a period of 23 days on February 25, 2015.

While waiting for the new directives of the Executive Committee of the umbrella Forum, those who fight for control of the Fecafoot have not remained idle.

While there is a rapprochement and the reopening of discussions on articles in the new texts that brought up issues between Joseph Antoine Bell, one of the contenders for the succession of Iya Mohammed outgoing Chair of the Fecafoot and the Commission in charge of organizing the elections chaired by Joseph Owona.

For example, in the region of the Centre, the outgoing leaders who were defeated in November 2014 elections, summoned clubs and asked them to come join them for the next Championship.

They thought they had the liberty to do so since CAS had cancelled the elections' revealed an employee within Fecafoot.

Our source revealed that it was on this premise that Joseph Owona, the Chairman of the Committee for Standardization of the Cameroon football Federation decided to suspend any activities by the decentralized leagues organization.

"Under article 32, paragraph 5 of the law No. 2011/018 of July 15, 2011 on the Organization and promotion of physical activity and sports, the executive bodies of regional and County leagues are suspended until the conclusion of the ongoing electoral process.

Supra article provides in substance that the Sports League carries out its duties under the authority and control of the national sports federation to which it is affiliated.

The Standardization Committee thus reserves the right to designate as a need, the persons or entities responsible for managing the day-to-day affairs of the regional and departmental leagues" Joseph Owona said in a press release.