Date: Saturday, 4 June, 2011, 17:32

Claims by CONCACAF Executive Committee are illegal

The claims being made by the CONCACAF Executive Committee that they have provisi
onally suspended Mr. Lisle Austin, Acting President of CONCACAF are illegal.

The action contravenes several articles of the CONCACAF Statutes. Having assume
d the role of President under Article 29, Mr. Austin, as President is the only p
erson authorized and empowered to call and chair meetings of the Congress, Execu
tive Committee, and Emergency Committee and of the Committees. It necessarily f
ollows that if the President did not convene or did not chair any meeting of the
Executive Committee that any actions taken or decisions reached at said meeting
are not only unenforceable but are ultra vires.

The current actions of the Executive Committee are not sanctioned by the Statut
es of CONCACAF. It is enlightening for the football world to know that the Execu
tive Committee in its flawed interpretation of Article 28 (o) not only has faile
d to engage in due process which is required in any disciplinary matter but has
flouted the very statutory requirements articulated in the CONCACAF Statutes nec
essary to move in such a direction.

Article 28 (o) places the burden of proof on the accuser that a member of the E
xecutive Committee has violated FIFAâ s or CONCACAFâ s statutes or regulatory provisions.
It is no surprise then that the attempt at suspending Mr. Austin through action
that is ultra vires and illegal and has denied him the opportunity of a hearin
g, no opportunity for Mr. Austin to hear the charges being leveled against him o
r to defend himself against whatever baseless charges would have been trumped up
.

To date Mr Austin is unaware of the grounds for which he has been illegally susp
ended and this conduct demonstrates the lawless activities of certain individual
s

Some members of the Executive Committee are clearly engaging in illegal actions
at the prodding of forces which do not have the best interest of CONCACAF at hea
rt. Mr. Austin intends to address their continued illegal action at all levels.
And Members of the Executive Committee are now placed on notice.

Mr. Austin rejects the press statement claiming Alfredo Hawitt is Acting Preside
nt of CONCACAF and wishes to advise member associations and staff members that a
nyone acting upon the instructions of Mr. Hawitt will be implicating themselves
into illegal activities.
Yet again the Acting President Austin is saddened to note that the response from
the CONCACAF Media Department is the fruit of illegal actions on the part of th
ose who do not possess the constitutionally granted powers to utilize the Confed
erationâ s equipment and resources.
Mr. Austin is both shocked and disheartened that the online publications of the
Confederation are once again being employed to wage a war against the Office of
the Acting President , a war in which only the Confederation and its members wil
l continue to suffer.