BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Veteran Barbadian administrator Randy Harris has been elected president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU).

Harris, who heads the Barbados Football Association (BFA), defeated challenger Hillaren Frederick of the US Virgin Islands 27-3 at the elections in Moscow on Monday, to take control of the regional governing body for the sport.

Last September, Harris was installed as acting CFU president after then-president Gordon Derrick was slapped with a six-year ban by football’s world governing body over ethics breaches.

“I have the responsibility of looking after the region and I have good support from the executive council and members of the CFU and hopefully I could give them the kind of service that they expect from me,” Harris told Barbados Today online.
The CFU has come under close scrutiny ever since the infamous cash-for-votes scandal seven years ago when associations were offered cash bribes in exchange for their votes, at the 2011 FIFA election.

There was massive fall-out from the scandal with CFU president Jack Warner forced to resign and several other officials sanctioned by FIFA, following an high-profile investigation.
Harris, who was re-elected two years ago for a second four-year term as BFA president, said CFU would be pressing ahead with his strategic plan in order to ensure “proper governance”.

“CFU has a strategic plan that was done collectively by the board and with some help from CONCACAF,” the 59-year-old said.
“We will be keeping to that strategic plan, trying to develop proper governance and integrity for the organisation. We are looking to assist our member associations with development in all areas including finance, general administration and of course the game.”

Harris had earlier on Monday been elected CONCACAF’s newest vice-president by acclamation, when the continental governing body for football in North, Central America and the Caribbean staged its 33rd Ordinary Congress, also in Moscow.
He will serve in the position for the next two years.