The head of the Swimming Federation, Sultan Al-Samahi, revealed that his union is preparing to move to a new board of directors according to sound foundations during the next election cycle 2020-2024, after the current council completed all organizational matters related to holding the extraordinary general assembly, scheduled for the eighth of next August, according to the regulations The articles of association, during which some articles of the articles of the articles of association of the articles of association are to be discussed in a way that is consistent with the reports of the members of the General Assembly, as well as the guidelines for the General Authority of Sports, as he put it.
Al-Samahi had announced that he did not wish to run again for the presidency of the federation, content with the period he spent in the federation.
Al-Samahi said to “Emirates Today”: “We must now consider handing over the federation to a new board of directors on sound bases, which is what we are looking for. Simple, before the last ordinary general assembly, but it was transferred to the extraordinary general assembly, as these matters must be discussed according to the regulations in a separate assembly, and the members of the general assembly agreed on the decision that is in the public interest of the union ».
For his part, Al-Wasl Club CEO Mohamed Al-Amri, who was responsible for setting the statute for the swimming association four years ago, said that “swimming is the first union that has taken the legal action and the right path, and frankly it is a matter calculated for the board of directors, unlike the other associations that we have not heard Anything or the club receives from it any specific regulation or system.
He explained: «Members of the General Assembly will search for the change of some items, and this is healthy and agreed upon in accordance with the regulations of the advisory body».
Al-Amiri asked the general assembly to swim before the extraordinary generalization to hold a workshop attended by legalists to explain the points that the union wants to change in the extraordinary generalization, so that the clubs understand all matters related to them, and also so that the extraordinary generalization is to vote only.
In turn, the swimming sport supervisor at Al-Jazira Club, Jumah Al-Ghailani, stressed the correctness of the measures taken by the federation to hold the general assembly to discuss some matters related to amending items in the statute, as well as the formation of committees that will supervise the upcoming elections. He said: "The Al-Samahi Board of Directors worked in difficult circumstances from the beginning of assuming the mission, and today the union is in the right direction, there may be some differences, but in the end Al-Samahi succeeded in his mission, and we hope the next board will complete what the current federation started in developing the sport of swimming." . As for the swimmer of the national team and the former member of the board of directors of the federation, Khwaiter Al Dhaheri, he said, “The swimming union has taken positive steps in the past period, and succeeded in dealing with all organizational matters, and separating the role of the general assembly and the board of directors responsible for the files related to championships and teams.”