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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Fiba may challenge POC in court
Before the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) starts to discuss whether to accept or not the newly-created Philippine Basketball Federation Inc. (PBFI) into its fold, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) may have to face the world basketball body in the Court of Arbitration in Sports (CAS) in Geneva.
The PBFI conducted its election last Monday and elected former Fiba-Asia secretary general Mauricio “Moying” Martileno as president. The POC unanimously accepted the group as the country’s new basketball body in its general assembly yesterday, replacing the Basketball Association of the Philippines.
“Fiba will investigate in more detail the latest development. To do so, we request in particular a precise explanation of what the POC considers as ‘continuing defiance,’ which according to your letter led to the expulsion of BAP,” said Patrick Baumann, the Fiba secretary-general, in a letter to the POC. “Also, we would like a precise description of who the substantial stakeholders of the Philippine basketball are.”
The BAP officials in Manila furnished Sun.Star Cebu a copy of the letter, which also stated that Fiba has the right to challenge the POC’s decision in the CAS.
“Fiba will continue to recognize BAP as the legitimate national federation affiliated to Fiba and responsible for basketball in the Philippines,” Baumann said in his letter.
“The Fiba will not recognize your decision and will not transfer to the POC the responsibility for basketball in your country at this stage. Your request in this sense is thus rejected.”
The POC will formally submit all the needed documents to the Fiba this week and hope the world body will reconsider its decision. (RCM)
(July 28, 2005 issue)
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