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By now, viewers may know very well that the Ruperto Vicente led Football Federation of Belize has erupted in a very public fight where his executive team, Cruz Gamez, Marlon Kuylen, and Sergio Chuc, tried to get him suspended. 

They think he’s bad for football, and though it is being publized a few weeks before this executive’s term ends, the reality is that they’ve been a house divided right after the 2012 elections 4 years ago.

A big complaint that the 3 have against their president is that Vicente has allowed FFB Secretary General far too much authority to make decisions that only executive members ought to have. Some of those decisions, they say, haven’t gone very well for the progress of football in Belize, yet the president still continues to allow him relatively free reign. We asked Vicente about that criticism last week Friday, and here’s how he responded:

Ruperto Vicente, President - FFB

"Mr. Blease has advanced in the work of the federation and let me tell you that the general secretary is the machine of the federation, along with the technical director of the federation. These are the two people who are tasked with doing most of the work for the federation. So for them to say that I have allowed Mr. Blease, no the statues that allowed Mr. Blease to do his job, so I cannot interfere. Yes, Mr. Blease takes directives from me and when I give directives, the general secretary has to carry out those directives ad well as the directive of the executive. Keep in mind that I am the one that Mr. Blease gets directives from. So when the executive gives directives, it comes to me and I give them to Mr. Blease. So Mr. Blease has to carry out what he is asked to do, it’s as simple as that. So Mr. Blease is doing an excellent job with the federation and if they have a problem with that, they've had problem with Mr. Blease from day one. From the time we took office, first executive meeting, these gentlemen had problem with Mr. Blease. So they never give him a break to learn and to do his job. How can you determine on the very first day that this man is not fit for the job when we before going into election had agreed that Mr. Blease would have been the general secretary? It is not fair to Mr. Blease and Mr. Blease has been doing an excellent job, he's been working hard. I'm not saying Mr. Blease is a perfect man, he makes his mistakes but Mr. Blease has been doing a good job for the federation."

Tune in tomorrow, when we’ll outline who are the Candidates for the leadership of the FIFA, the Global Governing Body of Football. Joseph Sepp Blatter is out, and he has gone down in football history as presiding over reportedly the most corrupt administration. So, who will replace him, and who will FFB President Ruperto Vicente back while he’s in Zurich, Switzerland? We’ll show you who the next FIFA President could be.