Mujahid: the Football Association elections before the end of January

Ahmed Mujahid, head of the management committee of the Egyptian Football Association, confirmed that the elections for the next board of directors will be held before the end of next January, in accordance with the requirements of the International Football Association “FIFA “.

Mujahid indicated in statements on the Sada Al-Balad channel that he would present a series of proposals to the Egyptian government to hold the General Assembly during which the new Board of Directors of the Federation would be elected.

Mujahid said: “We will not embarrass the state. We will nominate all parties to our proposals. The elections will be held with all precautionary measures at the same time as the World Handball Championship.”

He added: “The FIFA delegates have been in Egypt for days and have been in the hotel where the Cairo Film Festival delegations were present, and they know very well that the epidemiological situation is under control.”

He explained: “We will first present our plan to officials. It will be presented to the government to obtain an exception to the decision to suspend the holding of general assemblies, which was issued days ago.”

The Egyptian government had issued a decision to prevent the holding of general assemblies in all sports organizations until next June, as a precautionary measure to limit the spread of the Corona virus.

“We finally want to come out with coordination and agreement between the International Federation and the Egyptian state apparatus and its government. We have a deadline until January 31 and before February 1 there will be an elected council,” he added.

He concluded: “I hope that the Egyptian government understands the matter. On Sunday next week we will present all the proposals to the officials for the elections to be held before the date that FIFA has set us.”