Celebrated Zambian soccer star Kalusha Bwalya’s attempt to outstretch the country’s goodwill for him has hit a brick wall when delegates stopped his plans to become life president of the Zambia Soccer Association by allowing constitutional amendments targetted at blocking potential strong challangers.
According to bolazambia, The Football Association of Zambia family rejected president Kalusha’s bid to be sole candidate in next year’s elective Annual General Meeting after throwing out his underhand proposal that would have required a candidate for the top position to first have served in the FAZ executive committee.
Kalusha had pushed the proposal through Nchanga Rangers and Afrisports which was seconded on the floor by Zacks United before it opened up to counter proposal and counter secondment which led to the rejection of the motion.
Chisanga Pule, Mpoma, Mphande were among the club officials that stood out in rejecting the proposal as councillors cheered them on leading into submission by Kalusha and his team not to put the proposal to a vote.
One of the contentious points of argument was that the proposal by Rangers and Afrisports did not meet the requirement for being included as an agenda item for discussion at the meeting.
“I propose that the current constitution remains the way it is, this issue must not even go into debates, it never came in the stipulated 45 days,” proposed one councillors as the congregation cheered the speaker.
Another councillor told Kalusha admitting the proposal for debate and later a vote was a recipe for confusion.
“This motion should not even be tabled Mr President (Kalusha), you are trying to bring confusions here,” another delegate told Kalusha.
Football House media however reported that councillors “pleaded” with Kalusha who agreed with them and proceed to close the meeting.
“Football Administrators meeting in Kabwe have decided not put the Nchanga Rangers and Afrisport proposals to a vote.
“The Football law makers have instead asked for more time to debate the issue. The counselors pleaded with FAZ President Kalusha Bwalya not to allow the motion to be put to a vote.
“As Chairman of the proceedings Kalusha has agreed, and the FAZ constitution will remain as it is. The FAZ boss is now delivering his closing remarks,” a report posted on the FAZ official facebook page reads.
Pre-meeting discourse had hinged around the controversial proposal that anybody aspiring for the top job at FAZ should have served as committee member or above before.
The proposal that has been floated by Nchanga Rangers and Division One outfit Afrisport had the full blessing of FAZ who are plotting a third term for incumbent Kalusha.
Further there was a proposal to raise the nomination fee to an unprecedented K25, 000 for presidential candidates going even beyond the fee for anybody aspiring to be Republican President.
Those aspiring to be vice president and committee members would have been required to pay K20, 000 and K15, 000 respectively.
Bwalya is serving his second term as president and third in FAZ that closes next year but he has already started building up for a third term in that capacity
The proposal was seen as an attempt to elbow business magnate and football administrator Andrew Kamanga from challenging Kalusha. The incumbent is said to fear a Kamanga challenge which he thinks will give an uphill battle for him to overcome.
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