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PANAJI
The Goa Football Association (GFA) on Sunday amended its constitution and reiterated its support to its president Churchill Alemao at a Special Extraordinary General Body Meeting held in Panaji.
The amended statues which were circulated to all the affiliated clubs of GFA and incorporate most of the provisions of the Sports Code, were discussed among the 84 clubs which attended Sunday’s meeting and ultimately put it to vote. While 48 clubs voted for the new amended statutes, only two clubs (Salcete FC and Dempo Juniors) opposed the same and as such, they were passed with a tally of 48-2, GFA said in a press statement.
Churchill Alemao, in his welcome address, piloting the amendments, explained the reason for the new statutes, as whatever amendments the GFA had carried out in the past were not registered with the Registrar of Societies who had certified that the only registered constitution was the one passed in 1977 and that the same original constitution of 1977 was renewed upto 2020 by the previous committee and that such a certificate was issued as recently
as 2018.
Lavinio Rebello, senior vice-president, and Dionisio Dias, treasurer, along with most of the members of the Executive Committee, hailed the move and highlighted that under Churchill the GFA was moving in the right direction.
