Kathmandu. The lock of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) headquarters has been opened.
After the fugitive president Pankajvikram Nembang did not call the meeting of the working committee for 21 days, the majority members of ANFA opened the lock of the headquarters in Sadobato on Wednesday.
ANFA has been under suspension from FIFA since June 24 due to the interference of a third party. An arrest warrant has been issued against ANFA President Pankaj Vikram Nemwang and General Secretary Kiran Rai in connection with sports collusion and cheating. But so far they have not been arrested. Treasurer Ravindra Joshi and accountant Sanjiv Pandey are out on bail.
Majority of the members under the leadership of Bir Bahadur Khadka, senior vice president of ANFA, opened the lock today in order to restore the functioning of the stalled football sector. In addition, they also informed that a meeting of the ANFA Working Committee will be held on the 13th of Kartik.
According to ANFA constitution, 21 days ago, more than one-third of the members demanded to call the meeting of ANFA working committee, but the meeting was not called, on the 22nd day, there was a discussion about opening the lock of the ANFA office and holding the meeting.
He said that since there is a need to settle the ban on ANFA and the dispute in the football field in Nepal, the meeting will be held on Kartik 13 with the purpose of discussing the ban from FIFA, cooperation with the government, and how to remove the obstruction of the local elections.