YAOUNDE, Aug. 13– A court in the Central African Republic (CAR) has reinstated the president of the country’s football federation, his three deputies and secretary general, less than two months after they were suspended by Sports Minister Rodolphe Heritier Doneng Wanzoumon.
The Administrative Court of Bangui, the CAR capital, delivered the judgment on Tuesday. In a statement, FA secretary general Octave Mahamat Adialo welcomed “the substance of this court decision” and said the body’s priority remains the development of football in CAR.
The officials were suspended in June for six months for reasons including violating core values of sport, refusing to obtain government permission for the national men’s team to travel for FIFA Day, and failing to provide administrative and financial reports on federation activities.
The CAR FA has been in crisis since January, when the sports minister appointed Rigobert Song, former Cameroon head coach, as manager of the national men’s team.
The federation rejected the appointment, saying it was “neither involved nor consulted in the making of this decision.” The football body has since operated without the government-appointed coach. (Xinhua)
