And one other Candidate for President that we didn't get a chance to talk to at this weekend's FFB Congress was newcomer Daniel Fabro.
He introduced himself to the public as a fresh-slate candidate back in October, and he tried mightily to win the support of the delegates.
But, in the end he got ZERO votes, and coming out of the elections, he questioned just how democratic this process is. We asked the current president elect and his predecessor about those complaints. Here's what they told us:
Daniel Fabro, Candidate - FFB President
"Sergio Chuc won with 14 votes. Onan MCcLean got 4 votes I believe and Ruperto Vicente got 2 votes. I got zero votes. I am happy to have participated in this process of election. I think Frank Sharp and I have brought to the public the complexities, to put it nicely, of election at the Football Federation of Belize. But it also exposed the hypocrisy of some of these delegates. I think the Belizean public will have to draw their own conclusions on what happened there and hold the 20 delegates accountable for what happened in there. I can only congratulate Mr. Chuc and wish him well and hope that football can move forward in a positive way."
"I believe our ideas were the best. I think the Belizean public overwhelm thought our ideas were the best, but is the 20 delegates who decide. They are the ones who I believe are responsible for holding back the football development in Belize."
Sergio Chuc
"These are the people who are playing football around the country, organizing football around the country. So those are the people who makes the decision. Because those are the people that head each association and the statutes are very clear. They are one who cast the votes."
Ruperto Vicente, Former President - FFB
"It is important for us to have more people involved. The women football league needs to have voted, the referees needs to have a vote in it, the youth development program needs to have a vote in it, footsal as well as beach football needs to have a stake in it as well, so that there be representation from all levels."
"We may continue to complain that it is only a few that makes the decisions as to who becomes the president or executive members of the Football Federation of Belize. That is how football is govern worldwide. FIFA has 109 members as an organization and from that we may look at millions of people who play football, but only 109 people make the decision as to who becomes the president of FIFA or who becomes executive members."
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