{"id":10484,"date":"2017-12-21T09:06:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=10484"},"modified":"2017-12-21T10:15:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:15:34","slug":"chaos-ensues-as-noc-agm-deferred-with-no-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/chaos-ensues-as-noc-agm-deferred-with-no-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos ensues as NOC meeting deferred with no elections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last evening\u2019s Annual General Meeting for the Antigua and Barbuda National Olympic Committee (NOC) ended in a deferral after an over two-hour dispute over the voting rights of one member association.<\/p>

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NOC President E.P. Chet Greene brought to the attention of the 18 members in attendance that the Fencing Association\u2019s president, Kelesha Antoine, was \u201cwittingly misrepresenting the wishes of her member association.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NOC president further elaborated on the alleged \u201csubversion of natural justice\u201d by outlining that Antoine had not followed the edict as prescribed by her association when she first nominated NOC candidate for president, Neil Cochrane, and subsequently listed herself as the person with the casting vote in last night\u2019s general elections.<\/p>

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A letter signed by NOC General Secretary, Cliff Williams on 20 December 2017, \u00a0he states, \u201cyou subverted the majority will of the association and acted contrary to the standing resolution of the executive committee.\u201d<\/p>

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The letter further outlines that, \u201ca consequence of your actions is your immediate suspension from all NOC-related activities and referral to a Disciplinary Tribunal where your actions outlined in the complaint will be addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe view your actions as reprehensible, unethical, unsporting and will notify you of a date and time for your disciplinary hearing,\u201d the letter concludes.<\/p>

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Greene then asserted that, having heard the case laid out by the aggrieved members of the fencing executive that he convened a \u201cround robin\u201d tribunal conference among the NOC members he could get on the phone and got 5 of the 12 executive members to agree to sanction Antoine by not allowing her to represent Fencing at the AGM.<\/p>\n

The NOC president then went on to lay out an email trail initiated by Antoine in which she asked her executive members to indicate their preference for NOC president among the listed candidates of Greene (incumbent), Neil Cochrane, and Dr Philmore Benjamin.<\/p>

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Greene pressed that \u201cfive out of the eight executive members voted for Greene while three of the members voted for Cochrane, yet the president subverted the will of the executive and cast her nomination for Cochrane on behalf of the association.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cThat cannot be right.\u201d<\/p>\n

After laying out his case, President Greene then went on to ask the security services in attendance to remove Antoine from the proceedings to which was met with loud approval from the members in attendance and a war of words ensued between Antoine, football president Everton \u201cBatow\u201d Gonsalves and Greene.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn what grounds will you be dismissing [Antoine] from the proceedings?\u201d Gonzalves questioned.<\/p>\n

Antoine lashed back at Greene asking for clarification as to who the five members were after only confirming three named signatories on a letter to the NOC affirming their consideration for Greene\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n

Arguments, allegations, innuendo, cross-talk contunued between all the parties involved and after two hours of dispute there was no clear resolution in sight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hereby declare this meeting adjured. A new date for which to be set in the new year and I apologise to the members who have come out in their numbers\u00a0tonight<\/span><\/span>,\u201d Greene announced after many motions were put on the floor in favor of deferral and\/or the \u2018status quo\u2019 which would allow for the meeting to continue with Antoine as fencing representative.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we went to a vote\u00a0tonight<\/span><\/span>, who votes for the sport in question?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happens\u00a0tomorrow<\/span><\/span>\u00a0if we say that Kelesha Antoine, who subverted Fencing Association votes and then the NOC ends up in court for to answer for convening and conducting a meeting which will end up [against our favor]?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to stress here that we are not reopening the nomination process. We are continuing the general meeting when we resume.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greene stressed that, \u201cwhat we are examining, is the illegality or otherwise of the actions taken by Kelesha Antoine. She\u2019s the subject of this matter. And when we determined how that will be treated, we will communicated with members, circulate necessary notices and we will come back to complete this meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antoine, who resigned her post as NOC executive member in December of last year, was set to contest this year\u2019s general elections as the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0vice president on the Dr. Philmore Benjamin slate.<\/p>\n

Benjamin and Cochrane have since consolidated their respective slates with Benjamin contesting the post of president and Cochrane that of 1st<\/sup>\u00a0vice president.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the slate is as follows: Everton Cornelius, 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0vice president; Kalesha Antoine, 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0Vice President; Raymond Doogron, treasurer and ordinary members Stephen Butters, Jules Bowen, Edith Clashing, Everton Gonsalves, Roland Morgan, Rosemarie Simon and Daryl Matthew.<\/p>\n

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