Mmui remains defiant after rowdy meeting

LEKOPANYE MOOKETSI
Correspondent | Thursday July 25, 2013 00:00

 

'I am wondering why people disrupted the meeting.  We don't know why the meeting was disrupted.  If you disagreed, you could seek clarification,' he told Mmegi Sport yesterday. He maintains that he is empowered by the club's constitution to call meetings.  The Saturday meeting was abandoned when things went out of control and police were summoned to deal with a punch-up between supporters from rival factions.

It is said that Mmui belongs to a lobby in the club that is advocating that certain issues should be ironed out before one of the country's biggest clubs is privatised.  The faction does not support the manner in which the supposed privatisation is being undertaken. The group that disrupted the meeting supports privatisation.

Mmui was at one time the right hand man of Rollers' managing director, Sommerset Gobuiwang but it appears that the relationship between the two has turned sour. Speaking from Francistown, Mmui confirmed that the meeting that they called was disrupted but he could not say why. But he recalled that one of the resolutions of a meeting held on November 12 last year, was that they should partner with local businessman, Jugdish Shah in the privatisation process.   

He said the second resolution was that the club should value its assets to determine how much it is worth and its goodwill. Mmui said that it was resolved at that meeting that they should fill the vacant posts in the executive committee, which was operating with only three members.  He said he is still the chairman of Township Rollers and he called the Saturday meeting to discuss some of these resolutions. 

He said in terms of the constitution, he is the only one who can call a meeting as a chairperson. 'People should understand my responsibilities as a chairman are stipulated in the constitution,' he said.  He added that he should have long called the meeting but they had to wait for the season to end. 

Mmui said he is not against the proposed privatisation because Rollers was the first club to embrace the idea. But he asserted that there is a need to amend the club's constitution to accommodate privatisation. The disgruntled chairman said certain developments are taking place in the club without his input. 'Certain decisions were taken without my knowledge,' said Mmui. 

Rollers managing director Gobuiwang said he was busy when contacted for comment.  'Please call me later,' he said. He failed to answer when called later.