(ATR) A compromise brokered by the NOCs of Africa will have President Lassana Palenfo step aside from day to day running of ANOCA until a decision by CAS is reached regarding the last elections.
IOC Member from South Africa Sam Ramsamy helped broker the agreement and discussed it among the NOCs of Africa on the sidelines of the 2017 ANOC General Assembly in Prague.
During its 2017 General Assembly in Djibouti, candidate Hamad Kalkaba Malboum was barred from running by the ANOCA Executive Council.
Malboum appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which has yet to rule on the matter. IOC member from Djibouti Aicha Garad Ali appealed to ANOCA members to hold an assembly to discuss the events surrounding the election.
Palenfo will remain President of ANOCA as part of the proposal, but day to day operations will be handled by the Executive Committee and first vice president Mustapha Berraf. A subcommittee will also be formed to review ANOCA matters and reforms to the General Assembly. The committee will produce its first report by March 2018.
Comprising the committee is Ramsamy, International Handball President Hassan Mustafa, and FIFA Council member Lydia Nsekera.
"The agreement was because president Palenfo felt it was a very sensitive matter and there was an issue," Ramsamy said after the meeting. "It might be considered there was a conflict of interest and he very honorably and gracefully withdrew his position on the administrative side."
Palenfo, in a show of faith, stepped out of the meeting as the delegates voted on the proposal. ANOC President Sheikh Ahmad attended the meeting, and Ramsamy hinted IOC leadership helped craft the proposal.
"[I have] no problem because I helped craft the solution," Palenfo said afterward.
Now ANOCA will wait for a ruling from CAS and pledged to respect the decision. If CAS rules in Palenfo’s favor he will resume operational control of ANOCA. If CAS rules in Malboum’s favor, ANOCA will call an electoral General Assembly with the intention of holding new presidential elections.
Written by Aaron Bauerin Prague
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