GFF President Wayne Forde has made three changes to his list of candidates for the impending Electoral Congress, with Women’s Football Association boss Andrea Johnson, Den Amstel FC chief Denise Lovell, and Bartica Association leader Alden Marslow replacing Thandi McAllister, Carmel Williams, and Terrence Mitchell.
This was confirmed by a source close to the federation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The source stated that the final slate, which was submitted to contest the elections on December 9th at the GFF National Training Centre in Providence, comprises Forde, Bruce Lovell [1st Vice President], Rawlston Adams [2nd Vice President], Dion Inniss [3rd Vice President], Magzene Stewart [Ordinary Member], Ryan Farias [Ordinary Member], Marslow [Ordinary Member], Johnson [Ordinary Member], and Lovell [Ordinary Member].
Johnson also holds the portfolio of 1st Vice President of the Berbice Football Association, while Lovell is the sister-in-law of the incumbent GFF 1st Vice President.
Efforts to contact GFF General Secretary Ian Alves to confirm the submission of Forde’s slate and/or if any other list of candidates by a third party has been submitted proved futile. Calls to his cell phone went unanswered until press time. Despite the date for submission of the list of candidates having already elapsed, there has been silence from Forde’s camp as to the composition of his list of candidates. Efforts to contact the former Fruta Conquerors President for a comment proved futile, as several calls to his cellular phone went unanswered up to press time. Thus far, the only publicly known candidate that has submitted their list is former GFF President Franklyn Wilson, who presented his list of candidates to the federation on Wednesday, November 8th.
Meanwhile, on Wilson’s list, the executives are listed as Vernon Burnett [1st Vice President], Ramesh Persaud [2nd Vice President], and Gregory Wickham [3rd Vice President], with Althea Scipio [Ordinary Member], George Clementson [Ordinary Member], Raul Jerrick [Ordinary Member], and Otis James [Ordinary Member] making up the rest of the list.
Wilson, who currently holds the post of Assistant Director of Sport, held the post of acting GFF President from 2011–2012, after incumbent Colin Klass was suspended by FIFA for his involvement in the Mohammed Bin Hammam ‘cash for votes’ scandal in 2011.
