IPOH – The Perak Amateur Football Association (PAFA) has been thrown a lifeline by the Youth and Sports Ministry after the sports commissioner’s (SC) office sent PAFA a notice of deregistration recently.
State Education, Higher Education, Youth and Sports committee chairman Khairudin Abu Hanipah said an appeal letter had been submitted to Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh.
“It is true that the Sports Commissioner sent a letter notifying PAFA that the association had been deregistered and had been given 14 days to make an appeal.
“Therefore, a high-ranked PAFA office bearer (2018-2021) who had been recognised by the SC office submitted an appeal to the ministry, and we were informed that a solution will be found to resolve the issue,” he said after attending an appreciation and collaboration ceremony with empowerNCER Academic here yesterday.
Khairudin said a meeting was held with Yeoh to find a solution so that PAFA would not be deregistered according to the provisions of the SC.
“Alhamdulillah, the meeting was a positive one, as the sports ministry has set up an action committee with members chosen by the ministry to monitor developments in PAFA. The action committee will call for the annual general meeting to be held again to select a new committee, and once all matters are resolved, the new leadership can lead PAFA,” he said.
PAFA was initially suspended for six months by the SC following trouble within the association on March 7, last year, because there were two groups claiming themselves as the rightful office bearers.
He added that problems had started in PAFA after both groups were fighting to hold the AGM without following the procedures or according to the constitution of the association. – Bernama, June 18, 2023
