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ST CATHERINE Football Association (SCFA) presidential challenger Jason McKay said that barring any foul play, his team will be voted in at today’s election, scheduled to take place at Cowan’s Ballroom on Old Harbour Road, Spanish Town.
McKay, who was recently cleared by the court to challenge, has accused incumbent Elaine Walker-Brown of not playing fair in the lead-up to the election, which was originally set for July 28 but was pushed back to today after Royal Lakes Football Club filed an injunction against the association, citing breaches of the constitution.
According to McKay, the SCFA has still failed to provide a delegates’ list. McKay says the list should have been presented 48 hours before the polls as stipulated by the constitution and upheld by the court.
However, he insists that the only way the incumbent can achieve victory on Sunday is through unfair means and that he is prepared for anything on the day.
“Up to now, we haven’t seen a delegates’ list,” McKay told The Gleaner yesterday afternoon.
“And that is in keeping with the conduct of this administration, and it usually means they have something nefarious up their sleeves.
“But as long as we are allowed to have a free and fair election, they will be voted out.”
He reasoned that failure to produce the delegates’ list within the appointed time stipulations is just one of the constitutional violations the Walker-Brown administration has continued to commit but noted that this could mean more judicial troubles for it.
“As I said, if they have free and fair elections, they cannot win. If they don’t, we have a court case. Once they don’t mess with the delegates’ list and disenfranchise people, like they have been trying to do by limiting voting to executive members, if they don’t do that, they will be voted out.
“To mess with the voters’ list and disenfranchise people, that is the only way they can get more votes, but that won’t stand up to the court.
“We have 75 per cent of the people that have been nominated. They will vote for us. But will they strike them off the list?” he asked.
Nevertheless, he expects the elections to go ahead and for a new day to dawn on St Catherine football.
“They are not capable of doing something free and fair and above ground, so I am expecting anything from them [today].
“But we in St Catherine need a change. We only hope that by this time tomorrow [today], we would have gotten rid of this period of our history and gotten back to what we are used to, which is an organisation run by standards in keeping with gentlemanly conduct,” he said.
Efforts to get a response from incumbent Walker-Brown were unsuccessful.
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