Some club officials who were allegedly plotting to dissolve Super League of Malawi\u2019s (Sulom)<\/p>\n
Executive Committee insist that they have not apologised to the league governing body.<\/p>\n
The officials were reacting to Sulom General Secretary, Williams Banda, who yesterday told Times Radio that the club administrators had apologised over the alleged coup<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cI have spoken to some of them and they have apologised. They said they were just carried away to participate in that mission,\u201d Banda claimed.<\/p>\n But some notable officials, such as Nchalo United Chairperson Peter Chiipanthenga, insisted that he had not spoken to Banda.<\/p>\n \u201cI have not apologised because, if you look at what I said in the WhatsApp [group] conversation, I was only trying to find out why Sulom was created and I was seeking constitutional guidance pertaining to what we were discussing,\u201d Chiipanthenga said.<\/p>\n Civil Sporting Club General Secretary, Ronald Chiwaula, insisted that he had not spoken to Banda.<\/p>\n \u201cMeanwhile, I have decided not to make further comments on this issue. What we were discussing was [something] of national importance but I won\u2019t comment any further,\u201d Chiwaula said.<\/p>\n Speaking on condition of anonymity, another official who was part of the group said they did nothing wrong to warrant an apology.<\/p>\n \u201cThat thing [dissolving the Executive Committee] has been there and is still there, only that the leakage of the screenshot of the WhatsApp [group] conversation might disturb everything. People are now disassociating themselves from the group but we cannot be intimidated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Be Forward Wanderers General Secretary, Mike Butao, insisted that clubs were not bent on a coup <\/em>but, rather, they created the WhatsApp group to express their frustrations with Sulom\u2019s failure to address outstanding cases such as the need for the league to have co-sponsors and the issue of the league administrators\u2019 arrogance.<\/p>\n \u201cWe created a discussion group in which ideas were thrown around. Some were endorsed, others were pushed aside. Our concerns, not only as clubs but as Malawians, are on several issues. We all know [that] there are cases that have never seen the light of day.<\/p>\n \u201cProbably, the only notable case to have been handled last year was the Wanderers-Mzuni issue because it was originated by one Sulom official, but how many other cases of violence?<\/p>\n \u201cIf we are to take football forward, it has to start with recruitment of qualified people at Sulom secretariat; people who can market the game; otherwise, Sulom is making itself irrelevant. Every club has complained about the calibre and arrogance of some of the secretariat personnel but nothing gets done to address the situation,\u201d Butao said.<\/p>\n In the leaked conversation, Chiwaula, Chiipanthenga, Silver General Secretary Thabo Chakaka-Nyirenda and Nyasa Big Bullets Chief Executive Officer Fleetwood Haiya, were allegedly discussing to move a motion during this weekend\u2019s Sulom Annual General Meeting on the possibility of removing the Executive Committee.<\/p>\n In reaction to the latest development, Chakaka-Nyirenda said: \u201cI am a lawyer by profession and I respect people\u2019s right to privacy. This issue was discussed in private and I cannot be discussing something that was [discussed] in private.\u201d<\/p>\n Football analyst Peterkins Kayira faulted the club officials\u2019 approach to the matter.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the first place, why are these people coming out now with this solution [of getting rid of the Executive Committee]? Where were they all along? Why are some clubs not involved in this matter? The league ended in December and these people have been quiet. We should avoid putting personal interests on issues of national importance,\u201d Kayira said.<\/p>\n Former Bullets official, Chimwemwe Nyirenda, has since advised the disgruntled officials not to talk about dissolving Sulom\u2019s Executive Committee but rather replacing the officials they are not happy with through constitutional means.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some club officials who were allegedly plotting to dissolve Super League of Malawi\u2019s (Sulom) Executive Committee insist that they have not apologised to the league governing body. 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