Frail constitution blamed for BMS fights

Kabelo Boranabi | Friday March 17, 2017 16:01

 

The interim committee, made up of John Carr-Hartley, Dr Pearl Labatha, Ivorene Wheeler, Tunku Motsumi and Peter Moakofi was appointed in January, and has been tasked with settling the dust at the unsettled association. 

Speaking to Mmegi Sport yesterday the BNSC chief executive officer, Falcon Sedimo blamed the recent brawls on the association’s constitution that he says has loopholes.

He said the commission took a decision to dissolve the former committee as they have found that there are irregularities in the running of the association as per the BNSC Act No.30 of 2014 that gives the commission authority to regulate sport at all levels.

He however said the decision to dissolve the committee does not in any way imply that they have anything to do with the scuffles but there was need for a group who would come and amend the constitution. 

 He said the interim committee has been tasked with bringing peace at the trouble association. “The interim committee is made of the people who have been in the sport for a long time and have the necessary experience.

They are mandated with bringing the peace at the association, the main principle being the constitution. The lack of peace at the motor sport originates from their constitution that has a lot of loopholes,” he said.

Sedimo further said they saw a need to appoint an interim committee as they wanted the activities of the association to go as planned and could not confirm how long they will be in office.

“I cannot confirm how long they will lead the association; it might be for an year. It will depend on how fast they fix the constitution and how fast the Registrar of Societies will give them a go ahead to use the new constitution.

We would then call for a special general meeting and vote for a new committee,” he said.  The committee led by Simon Modisaeman was dissolved late last year as they were accused of misuse of office and it was reported that they could not produce the financial report hence failed to call an annual general meeting for two consecutive years.

“Some of the matters are internal and cannot be discussed with the media,” Sedimo said when quizzed on the findings of the investigations carried out by the BNSC on the former BMS committee.