Dedza Young Soccer have come out in the open to defend the injunction they sought from the Lilongwe High Court that effectively halted play-offs to identify a 16th team to join the 2016 TNM Super League.
Some sections of the soccer fraternity condemned the club for taking football matters to an ordinary court of law against Fifa statutes.
Dedza legal adviser, Williams Nkhoma, said it was wrong to imply that the club took a football matter to an ordinary court since the case was in the hands of Football Association of Malawi (Fam).
“We took the case to Fam trusting that they will competently hear our complaint. At no time did we withdraw the case from Fam. We still believe in the structures that are there to hear such issues like ours,” Nkhoma insisted.
He said it would not have made sense for Super League of Malawi (Sulom) to continue with the play-offs when Fam had not heard Dedza’s complaint on the matter.
The legal adviser pointed out that his club did not have any ill intentions in asking the court to stop the games, but was only trying to ensure that all channels of disposing of the matter were duly followed.
“We wish our game well. That is why we chose to talk to Fam and Sulom in a friendly manner. But we were surprised to see them proceeding with the play-offs when they had not heard us. That is why we asked the court to stop the play-offs so that we are heard first,” Nkhoma said.
Earlier in the week, Fam president, Walter Nyamilandu, had warned that his administration would not allow football matters to be dragged to court.
Article 68 of Fifa statutes reads: “Recourse to ordinary courts of law is prohibited unless specifically provided for in the Fifa regulations.”
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