The Manager of our recently successful regional football gold medal team declared Friday that the team was firmly behind the DRP’s Presidential bid “Maumoon 2008”.
He declared this at the campaign’s special launching ceremony that night. He had, on the stage with him, a handful of players including the team captain.
There was immediate uproar that even shocked the football fans who already detested this blatant politicization of sport.
Saturday morning, the FAM came out with a statement indicating the seriousness of the offence. There has been no news from the FAM since. Popular media have however continued to hold the story. Such is the interest of a public enjoying new found freedoms of expression after the historic ratification Thursday of a democratic constitution.
If one cares to delve deeper into the passionate outburst of this party faithful, Hanim’s comments unearths a hornet’s nest.
Article 3, clause 2 of the newly adopted statutes state that “Discrimination of any kind against ….a group of people on account of ethnic origin, gender, language, religion, politics or any other reason is strictly prohibited and punishable by suspension or expulsion”
Article 33, clause (m) mandates the Executive Committee to “…dismiss a person or body or suspend a Member of the FAM provisionally until the next Congress”. The next Congress is in 2012!
Should the Executive Committee “suspend or expel” Manager Hanim, I am inclined to believe the DRP will back their faithful senior member in an appeal process including in a court of Law.
The DRP, who was the “sly architect” of the newly re-invented FAM will be caught on the back foot if the FAM Executive Committee goes ahead with a fair decision as per their Statutes. It would be preposterous to believe that the FAM Executive Committee will let Manager Hanim off with a soft slap on the wrist and a demand for a public apology. I would however not put this past certain members in the Executive Committee.
We must not forget that this Executive Committee ignored the blatant use of the SAFF Cup for political purposes. Over 20 island communities have so far accused the tour as unfair use of sport for President Gayyoom’s re-election for a 7th term.
These island communities did not allow the SAFF Cup to land on their islands. The Executive Committee looked on. No action was taken!
It appears the FAM has firmly lodged itself between a rock and a hard place with Manager Hanim as the sandwich meat.
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I seriously do not believe that the president of FAM Azim was unaware that the players would be appearing at the launching of Gayyoom's campaign. He and Thasmeen are close buddies and thus the reason why he got elected as the president in the first place. So the chance of FAM taking any action against Hanim is fairly slight.
DRP in vote akaanulaa rajjeyge verikanves feyrigathee; SAAF championship ge thashives feyrigathee; qawmee team ves feyrigathee adhi teamuge Ali Ashfaag fadha kuLuntheringe nanves feyriganegen beynunkuran feshee. Haadha biruveriye
haanim kahala meehun ranghaluvaanee hama ekani hihkithanugha kulhay kulhivaru thakah, ahulaaghaa gaanoonaa gavaidhu dhannaanee thauleemu hurinama noontho? a cheap ass dho? adhi teamu gaa mihimenay ghola baigandhu ves dho? he heeh he he heeh maja dho?
Furathama DRP in campaign e fehtee ves gaanoonu muguramun, gaanoonu bolaalaa jahamun. Golha Hamin ves e othee eyge sababun demote vefaa. FIFFA in ves national team aa medhu fiyavalhu alhaane. Ehenveema efadha DRP akah kihinehtho democratic constitution eh ge dhashun verikan kuran engeynee??? hama hilaa e baigandakah ekameh neygeyne!!
those national players are really cheap, i mean who would support a dictator unless you have some personal things to benefit form the dictators party.
Guys you showed your real color.
Lets all support and put Hanim for the post of Chairmain of Olypic comitte next year. That is the only post he didnt fill during his filthy time in the government
so maumoon bought the national team for 2 lac rufiyaa.....come on guys.....tsk tsk ...many of ur fans are dissapointed in u...including me(not a fan anymore)
are football players banned from joining political parties?? Hanim has been punished by the CSC for his actions. but still he's the manager who brought us the Gold medal. we cant deny him that. as the players have said they have individual rights. and if the National team captain attends any function or whatever, the media or anyone else will still say that it he is the National Team Captain. That doesn't mean he was attending in that capacity. Dont try to politicise everything. And remember everyone has the their rights... as u guys say.
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