League matter is closed in FIFA’s opinion-FIFA Director

FIFA’s Director of Member Associations and Development for the Caribbean and Africa,Véron Mosengo-Omba,said the Elite League dispute was over as far as the global governing body of football was concerned,while wrapping up a two-day visit to Guyana this week.
This comment was made during a press conference at the Boardroom of the Guyana Football Federation Inc. (GFF) last Friday.

Four clubs boycotted the Elite league after the GFF Executive Committee decided, within its statutory rights, to invite two extra teams into the competition.
“The problem of the league is not a FIFA problem, this problem is governed by the GFF statutes,” Mosengo-Omba said at the end of his trip. “We exchanged correspondence with the GFF about this. For us, this case is over because the solution to this problem is in the statutes.”

“What do the statutes of the GFF say? They give the competence to the Executive (Committee).”
FIFA, the world governing body for football, has written to the GFF to confirm the national body’s right to decide the composition of its competitions.
FIFA also stated that the expansion of the league did not automatically require a change in the GFF Congress membership. Citing the GFF Constitution, FIFA said only the Congress could authorize such a change in its membership.

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