Judo admits using wrong constitution

BJF president, Estony Pridgeon admitted her committee’s blunder after the federation used a 2008 document, which was still a draft, awaiting approval from the Registrar of Societies. Pridgeon told Mmegi Sport that prior to the AGM the BJF committee had consulted the general assembly about the proposed amendments to the 2007 constitution. She said after seeking legal advice from Unity Dow (then a practising lawyer), they went ahead to use the 2008 draft constitution which was yet to be approved.

“We were advised that the constitution is legal from day that it is approved by membership and that the Registrar of Societies (RoS) is only a third party. If we continued using the old constitution after memberships approved the 2008 one, we would be illegal (sic),” Pridgeon said.