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139 voters. 135 people were present. According to his verdict, the fate of the country’s football is in the hands of Kazi Salauddin for another four years. They lost to two rivals, Badal Roy and Shafiqul Islam Manik, by a large margin. Salauddin, the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), was naturally overwhelmed after such a victory. The mythical ex-footballer has commented that voters have ‘won’ after being elected for the fourth time in a row.
In the BFF elections held on Saturday, Salauddin, the winning candidate for the office of president, obtained 94 votes. Badal obtained 40 votes. Only one vote went to Manik’s box.
Of the 21 seats in the election, a total of 14 people have been elected from Salauddin’s joint council (president, senior vice president, three vice-presidents and nine members). In other words, they have gained absolute power. Six members of the Coordination Council have been elected. Independent candidate Tabitha Awal and Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi of the Coordinating Council obtained 75 votes each. Consequently, the re-election between the two candidates for the position of vice president will take place on October 31.
Putting an end to the speculation and fervor of the last few days, Salauddin, who returned to be president, came to give his reaction and said: ‘Our victory is the victory of the voters. The voters have presented the results to you. In the days leading up to the elections, many people said a lot, but the answer was to give to the voters, they responded. I thank the voters.
Salauddin’s activities over the past 12 years have been no less criticized through the media and social media. Originally, soccer fans weren’t up to their expectations. On the contrary, football in Bangladesh has taken an increasingly depressing shape. The current position of the red-green representatives in the FIFA ranking is 16. But it was during Salauddin’s tenure that he fell to position 196 in the ranking, the lowest in the country’s history.
It did not cause any harm. On the contrary, Salauddin’s vote has increased more than before, in 2008 I passed with 60 votes (actually 62). The last time, in 2016, there were 64 votes (actually 63). This time 94 votes. I see that my number of votes is increasing. People say a lot, they don’t like me. But for those who play soccer, I’m popular with them. ‘
Explaining why the vote and popularity has risen, he said: ‘No league, no game has been lost in 12 years. And because I do, the players and the councilors, who are directly related to football, support me. That is the only reason. Today (Saturday) all the players … the current players come to greet me. Those keep playing. Not the players of the past. When the current players came to greet me, I realized that maybe I did something right. ‘
He also looks forward to working with everyone in the development of soccer in the future, he said, ‘Those who have been elected, whether from my panel or from another panel, have been brought in by the voters. I will definitely work with them. Because I came to play soccer. This is not politics.
