Nyasa Big Bullets’ Head of Commercialisation, Malinda Chinyama, has once again insisted that the People’s Team’s forthcoming Executive Committee elections are irrelevant and retrogressive.
The former Bullets’ chairperson said the polls would interfere with the team’s commercialisation dream.
An annual general meeting held in Zomba last Saturday resolved that the elections should be held at a date and venue which the club’s trustees will determine.
“If we find partners to assist the club it means that they will recruit an administrator and an accountant. Why then should we go to the polls and elect a general secretary and a treasurer?” Chinyama insisted.
“Supporters need to understand that the sponsors and other partners cannot trust someone who gets instructions from people who voted for him.
“The two guys will have to be answerable to the partners and the board of trustees. This, therefore, means that we only need a chairperson and executive members drawn from all the country’s regions so that the team is represented nationwide.”
Chinyama, who is a Bullets’ trustee, said supporters and stakeholders need to be sensitised on commercialisation.
“Some people think that when we talk about commercialistion we mean selling the team. But that is one way of transforming the team into a registered company that even some of us may not be involved in future,” he added.
“Meanwhile, our sponsors have already pledged that they are ready to buy a Marcopolo Bus worth K120 million for the team if we go commercial.”
However, the idea against the elections received strong opposition during the AGM as supporters said the team’s status should continue.
Chairperson of the board of trustees, James Busile, also supported calls for the elections.
Recently, the trustees reneged on their stand against holding the elections after pressure from fans.
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