The head of the Special Committee to supervise the elections of the Football Association, Counselor Salem Bahyan Al-Amri, affirmed that the electoral process is proceeding in complete smoothness and transparency, up to the date set for the elections on the 12th of next March, to elect the new board of directors of the Football Federation for the 2020-2024 electoral cycle, to succeed the previous federation. The one who submitted his resignation, stressing that his committee operates in complete independence, and that they found all the necessary support and facilities by the Football Association, as well as by the General Secretariat of the Federation, which facilitates all procedures related to the work of the committee, pointing out that the electoral process was cut Currently half of the journey, especially after Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi won the presidency of the federation by acclamation, describing the conduct of elections in the new system through the consolidated list, which was recently adopted by the General Assembly of the Football Association, as appropriate, and is in the interest of Emirates Ball in the next stage, after the elections were tried. In the previous system, which is the direct election system.
Salem Bahyan Al Ameri told «Emirates Today»: “The committee supervising the elections is completely independent, because when we got the nomination form for the nomination of Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi for the position of the president of the federation, the committee held a meeting in the presence of all the members who looked at the nomination form, and they also viewed On the documents submitted in this regard, they were compared to the electoral list, and we found them in conformity with the list, and therefore the committee decided to accept it. ”
Salem Bahyan Al-Amri confirmed that: “Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi’s victory in the position of President of Al-Ittihad by acclamation has met with great consensus at all levels, and everyone is joyful and upbeat by his leadership of the Emirates Ball, because he has great ambitions.”
Tomorrow, he will open the door for candidacy for membership of the Federation's Board of Directors, which will continue until the 13th of this month.
In response to a question regarding his opinion on holding elections in the unified list system instead of the previous system, Al-Amiri said: “In my assessment of holding elections in the unified list system, it is the best and easiest, as it comes with a board of directors consistent with all its members, and the unified list system facilitates the electoral process, and in My assessment is that the General Assembly of the Football Association did not take a decision to implement the new system of elections until after the clubs discovered the previous defects that accompanied the candidacy process in the previous elections.
And whether there were any difficulties faced by the commission in its work, he explained: «The commission has not yet found any difficulty in the election issue through the application of the timetable for this process, until the last day specified on 12 March, and the elections will be held in Dubai, but not "So far, her place of residence will be decided, and we will later determine the place where the elections will take place." Salem Al-Amri said: «The matters related to the elections go easily and smoothly, and there is a great response from the General Secretariat of the Football Association and the Football Association, and we thank the officials of the General Secretariat of the Federation, who facilitated the procedures related to the work of the Committee. Salem Bahyan Al-Amiri indicated that he hopes that the electoral process will proceed in the same smooth manner as the previous stage.
And he continued, "We have come a long way in the electoral process, especially since the candidate’s victory for the position of President of the Union by acclamation makes the rest of the electoral process go smoothly."
And on the message that he could send to the clubs regarding the elections, Salem Bahyan Al-Amri stressed that the committee has enough time to submit the required documents for the membership of the Federation Board of Directors, asking them not to delay in submitting these documents, and to assist the election supervising committee in carrying out its work, stressing that The matters of submitting these documents are very easy, and the clubs can hand them over at the headquarters of the Football Association in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai, provided that the person who makes the delivery is officially authorized by the club concerned.
Everyone is happy and upbeat, led by Rashid bin Humaid of Emirati football.
The door for candidacy for membership of the Federation's Board of Directors will open tomorrow, until the 13th of September.