By Bakah Derick
Aspirant for the post of President of the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) has addressed a four page missive to the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) calling for vigilance as the electoral process of the Fooball Association (FA) goes underway
The letter addressed to the Secretary general of FIFA Fatma Samoura on the 21 of September 2021 according to the author Samuel Eto'o Fils has as objective "to call your attention and vigilance on some facts and actions being carried out by current officials that can discredit the electoral process at FECAFOOT and constitute offences that could lead to the cancellation of the said process."
The three part epistle to FIFA handles; what could constitute offences, actions contrary to sports ethics and public moral as well as violations of FECAFOOT and National laws.
Amongst the many issues raised, Samuel Eto'o is worried about the quality of delegates for the general assemblies which according to him should have been those of 2009 which he says is clearly spelled out in one of the rulings by the Court of Arbitration for sports (CAS). The refusal by FECAFOOT to respect rullings by the recognised Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber (CAC) of the National Olympic and Sports Committee (NOSC) on the suspension of the list of divisional clubs published by the FA electoral commission to participate in divisional assemblies, complains on corruption and threats to some divisional club Presidents, candidature of the current FA President and other members of the executive committee who are still in active service and continue to receive salaries which go against FECAFOOT statutes and the dismissal of former SG Didier Benjamin Banlock
While urging the FIFA scribe to carefully examine these concerns, Eto'o notes that this will be the only way to guarantee equity, transparency and sincererity which shall also enforce the credibility of the envisaged electoral process.