CAS throw out appeal against Caf

lodged by the Liberia Football Association over a controversial amendment to the Confederation’s statutes.

Caf member nations voted in September to introduce a measure that permits only executive committee officials to run for the organisation’s presidency. The measure was announced at the Caf Congress in the Seychelles and seemingly put paid to officials such as Jacques Anouma’s hopes of running against Hayatou at the Confederation’s general assembly in Morocco in March.

Ivory Coast Football Federation president Anouma formalised his intention to run for the presidency in July, but the new Caf rule stipulates that anyone seeking the presidency must be a voting member of the Caf executive committee.

Anouma is a member of Caf’s executive committee only because he serves as one of the continent’s representatives on Fifa’s executive committee. As such he does not have any voting rights in Caf matters.

The LFA filed an appeal to the CAS in November concerning the introduction of the controversial new rules. LFA president Hassan Musa Bility said the association took the action to counter the “fear tactics” employed in the administration of African football. — AP.
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