By Julian Owusu-Abedi
Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) Vice President, George Afriyie, has moved the case of his disqualification a notch higher.
He is headed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to seek redress for his disqualification from this year’s FA presidential race.
The relentless and resilient former GFA Vice President has asked his lawyers to file an appeal at the CAS whilst they also pursue an application for injunction on the GFA elections at the High Court, the New Crusading GUIDE learnt.
Mr. Afriyie earlier filed a petition at the Appeals Committee of the FA to reverse the initial decision to disqualify him at the vetting stage, but the Appeals Committee upheld the decision of the Election Committee to disqualify him from this year’s polls.
The decision of the Elections Committee to disqualify him was based on the grounds that he did not meet the requirement of qualified signatories on his application form to contest for the position of president of the football governing body.
His Lawyers stated that “the invalidity of any document cannot be cured by reference to article 8(3) of the Elections Regulations. Indeed, if Mr George Kwasi Afriyie had submitted invalid Tax Clearance Certificate or invalid Police Clearance Certificate, it would have made his nomination invalid.”
They insisted that the Elections Committee misdirected itself on the law of requirements to contest for the GFA Presidency and also misapplied article 8(3) of the GFA Regulations on Elections and article 13(2)(j) of the GFA Statutes 2019, thus, describing the disqualification as erroneous.
