Who
Should Head LFA?
-PROLA Cautions Voters
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
The Promoters of Liberia Athletes (PROLA) has cautioned voters ahead
of the March 18 elections of the Liberia Football Association (LFA).
In a statement, the President of PROLA, Joseph H. Farkollie admonished
the voting populace of Liberian football to consider issues such as
the credibility and credentials of the two candidates for the position
of President. They are the incumbent Counsellor Sombo Izetta Wesley
and Siaka A. Sherif.
“They should look at their credentials in the sense of the game, as it
relates to what impact they have made in football, especially at club
level.”
Being promoters of sports, PROLA chose to remain by not backing any of
the two candidates.
The President of PROLA added that the next President of the LFA should
be one with honesty, integrity and a person with a good behavioral
pattern, which has to do with their human relationship and ability to
tackle the problems facing the football house.
He stressed another issue like how well the candidates approach the
bigger and smaller clubs.
“They should study the platforms of those who are running and how well
they relate to former national team players,” Mr. Farkollie stated.
Mr. Farkollie argued that the contestants must focus their attentions
on benefits for current and former national team players, the
decentralization of football and the representation of teams in
leeward counties, as it is the case with the likes of Nigeria, Ghana,
etc.
According to the PROLA boss, voters of the LFA should cast their votes
for a contestant who has in mind an insurance policy that would cover
national team players and those players from all divisions of club
football as it is the case in other countries.
He cautioned the voters to make judgments based on the candidate that
would ensure that clubs compete in international competitions.
He prevailed on the two candidates to unveil their platforms in order
for the voters and public to make a sound decision on who should lead
the game in the country for the next four years.
Mr. Farkollie therefore called on the electorates to watch both Cllr.
Wesley and Mr. Sherif closely and with an eagle eye as well as examine
their past records for the past twenty years before casting their
ballots.
He warned against voters being influenced by cash and asked that the
process leading to elections be free of tribalism.
“The only language we speak is the ball rolling,” the PROLA President
stressed.
Mr. Farkollie informed the voters to remain steadfast and elect the
best person from their conscience but not by the gifts they might
receive.
“If they do that, they will be condemned when the history of Liberian
football is written. “I urge them to vote right,” Mr. Farkollie
concluded.
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