Wednesday, August 11, 2010

NELASA takes another major blow – Herminio Furtado resigns in protest

Citing some recent chains of events that have made his role at the league meaningless and unpleasant, NELASA Executive Committee Secretary General, Herminio Furtado, has sent a letter of resignation to NELASA and its Clubs delegates. On the letter Herminio criticized the new NELASA President, Narcisa Araujo, of disrespect to some of NELASA members and clubs delegates, a blatant disregard to the league’s bylaws and to institutional ethics. The resigning Secretary General also took the opportunity to voice his concerns over the complacency of some o NELASA’s Board members, saying that some of them are supporting or in some cases are involved in the President’s actions and others are either turning a blind eye or not being frank and direct in their criticism.
With the departing Secretary General consent here is the letter in its entirety:
August 10, 2010

Dear Nelasa Clubs’ Delegates and Honorary Members

It is with regret that I inform you that I have submitted my resignation letter as the NeLasa Secretary General of Executive Committee. It was a difficult decision, because I take great pride in serving this league. However, the recent chains of events, of which some of you are well aware of, have made my role at the league meaningless and unpleasant. I do this because I have exhausted all the options I had to stop the countless mishaps at the league and I hope that by sacrificing my position I will help resolve the situation and rescue our beloved league.
This chain of events started when the current President took office. I knew it would not be easy for her, but I believed in her good intentions and humility and I was willing to help her succeed in her new mission. However, there has been since blatant disregard to the league’s bylaws and to institutional ethics and disrespect to some Nelasa individual members and club delegates. Mistakes in the communicado have been recurrent and consistent week in and out, such as needless changes in schedule, unexplained omission of games in communicados, communicado often not released in time (if released at all) and errors in players’ sanctions are just few examples. All these issues are caused by the inability of the president to lead the process, her arrogance to ask others within the Executive Committee to assume that role and above all her reliance on a party outside the league to finalize communicado. This has created miscommunication and confusion in the league which has affected many teams and games.
An organization of the dimension of NeLasa deserves a better leadership than what we are getting now. Besides arriving with very limited knowledge of the rules of soccer and managerial skills, the President shows little honesty and trustworthiness. She signs letters and communicado that neither she nor anybody from NeLasa wrote. She does these things without informing her Executive Committee and insists on covering up this fact with the intent to make everybody believe she is writing those letters and completing communicados herself. She has provided wrong information to clubs’ delegates, which created the league predicament and embarrassment.
Since she became president, she has marginalized the Executive Committee and instead preferred to work with members from other Nelasa’s organs (especially the General Assembly) and with individual (s) from outside Nelasa all together. Her first decision as the President was to give into the suggestion of the President of General Assembly to change the lock of the league’s office without ever communicating this action with anyone in the Executive Committee. She never called up an Executive Committee meeting and had the audacity to fabricate lies before the Board meeting that she called meetings and we did not show up. She unilaterally ordered referees assignors to send game reports only to her personal e-mail (not even to Nelasa account) and then failed to forward them to others in adequate time for the purpose of completing work related to communicado in time. She gave permission that the leagues’ card printer to be loaned out which caused some players to play without their league pass cards and failed to be truthful when asked about it.
Nonetheless, what concerns me even more is the complacency of some in the Nelasa’s Board. Some members are supporting and deeply involved in the President’s actions and others are either turning a blind eye or not been frank and direct in their criticism. Some of these members which I myself admire for their character and intelligence have stunned me, because in the past they had been so upfront in such situations, but now they show sympathy for incompetence. For what reason is this President getting special treatment from most elder members of our Board in detriment of the league business, I don’t know.
As rest of the Board close their eyes to these events, more key members of the league are resigning and more will follow. Some members of the Board are instigating a senseless and needless quarrel with the referee’s assignors risking our future games to have no referees. The Assembly General Committee which has been interfering in the executive business from the start has now appointed its own Vice-President as the new Vice-President of the Executive Committee in clear evidence that they have a hidden agenda they wanted to impose on the league.
I have been involved in this community for over 10 years in different organizations and groups and never resigned in protest. I have never run from problems by resigning, but for the first time I have to step out to have any hope of a change that would safe our league. It pains me to leave an unfinished agenda of making Nelasa a stronger organization closer to the community in general. During my short tenure, I suggested we make Inter-Ilhas Tournament part of the Independence celebration and to honor Jorge Fidalgo in NeLasa all stars game. I brought the idea of printing a calendar for the first time and led the production of it so we could have more people attending our games.
I am not abandoning NeLasa for I will be contributing at the club level. I will be available to help with the transition and even to return if there is a President whom I trust and wants my service such as Bibi did in the beginning of the season when he showed me his plans and asked me to join his team. NeLasa is in my view the greatest organization and the most cherish institution in our community. Only club delegates can still save this league and whichever delegates are interested in helping save it can count on my collaboration and support.
Sincerely
Herminio Furtado
Resigning Secretary General of NeLasa’s Executive Committee


Herminio is the third influential NELASA member to resign this past month. Just two week ago the Ex NELASA president, Mario “Betinho” Santos, sent out a letter of resignation from his position as the Vice President of Disciplinary Committee. Osvaldo “TchaTchy” Dos Reis followed last week, resigning also from the Disciplinary Committee.

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22 comments:

  1. everybody is quitting except for the person that needs to. soon she will be in there alone tap dancing. get a clue girl you don't have what it takes to run this league!!!!

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  2. nelasa sta mau pa. pamode ainda ca txumadu um assembleia geral? nu sta meste um reuniao mas urgente possivel. si cel senhor Agas Brandao ca sta convoca um assembleia tudo delegados debe djunta e faze di ses. sinao es lica ta caba.

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  3. delegados di cada timi ten ki fazi ses trabadju. NELASA ka podi kai.

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  4. Keli dja fica gozu. Ami N ta culpa tudo kes delegados de equipas di NELASA...Sera ki nhos e tudo estupidos ki nhos ka sabi ma poder di muda tudo sta na nhos mo?? ou sera ki nhos ka importa ku qualidade di serviso ki sta fazedo na NELASA. Unico manera ki NELASA podi muda e pa tudo delegados de equipas pa exige um reuniao urgente pa muda kusas la dento. Si nhos ka fazi kela nhos podi conta ma kel ano li ka ta finda, pmd cima dja nhos odja tudo alguen sta larga. NHOS TOMA 5 MINUTOS NHOS LE BY LAWS DI NELASA NHOS TA ODJA MA PODER E NHOS KI TEN SENHORES DELEGADOS

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  5. nos criolo ca ta sirbi pa nada. undi delegados sta? sem liga nhos ca meste tem equipa.

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  6. C sperado pa Brandao Liga ta fidja porta nhos ka pode senti ma liga sta ta bai baxo nhos abri odjo

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  7. Joe Mendes, Mr. Djack Andrade, Júlio Pinto, Tatú, ta fazeba um grande equpa e ta propocionaba NELASA a oto patamar e co melhor visão pa FUTURO de futebol cabo-verdiano.

    O resto, só show de bola. Dj'es fasi quel qu'es podi fasi. Gosi é pa da oportunidade a otus pa fasi más e midjor.

    Nos é um associação que sta apela pa es grupo li dadu oportunidade de mostra sés capacidade de liderança.


    Dja passa hora nu corri cues um bes.

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  8. Joe Mendes, Mr. Djack Andrade, Júlio Pinto, Tchatcho, Tatú, ta fazeba um grande equpa e ta propocionaba NELASA a oto patamar e co melhor visão pa FUTURO de futebol cabo-verdiano.

    O resto, só show de bola. Dj'es fasi quel qu'es podi fasi. Gosi é pa da oportunidade a otus pa fasi más e midjor.

    Nos é um associação que sta apela pa es grupo li dadu oportunidade de mostra sés capacidade de liderança.

    Dja passa hora nu corri cues um bes.

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  9. NELASA TA CABA ENQUANTO NHOS TENI AGAS BRANDAO E QUES CAMBADAS DE IGNORANTES NA MESA CO MARTELO NA MON.

    ÉS É RÉU NA TRIBUNAL, NAO JUIZ!

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  10. Herminio é um espertalhao que sta la. É cré bem concorri pamodi é gosta di manda na atrasados.

    É tem complexo de trabadja co mudjes. moda ques otos que larga.

    Quem que ca gosta de senhora presisente ba ta larga moco. Complexados de ca sabi cusa....

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  11. Minina la ta caba ku lasa sel dixadu. no debe tomal tchabi pel ca parce la mas.

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  12. djack andrade naooooooooo. credu!!!!!! ago ke ta cai

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  13. solucon e convoca um assembleia geral ma rapido possivel corri cu Narcisa e elege um comicon pa orienta te fim de epoca.

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  14. Frado ma equipas di r.i pode bai pa lusa c cusas continua des manera sportig dinamo e juventude na proximo ano

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  15. nhos pode larga nhos bai. nhos fastentura na cre infrigi lei pa ganha jogos e um di kes razao ki poi bibi larga por isu nu sta na kel situation li.

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  16. Kes ki larga e so covardes. Si es tinha pulso e s ta terminaba. Um grande lider nunka ka ta desiste ao meio. Sim, ta luta te fim si nu kaso ka sta da ta djobi oto caminhos. Entao nunka bu ka ta aceitaba desdi principio. Herminio se problema e simples. E cria ser presidenti e es bloquial e poi oto arguem como vice presidente, e odja ma situacao sta fical mas complicado e mutu mas longe de ser presidente(caso Narcisa abandonaba) e por isso ke desisti.

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  17. Equipas di R.I ta ganha na campo nhos nhos po padrinhos na liga pa nhos podi ganha jogo es ano por isso ki nhos tene problema equipa di mass ki ta joga mindjor bola so Nosbandera Emigrantes nhos oto pa diverti penas Tabanka sta em baixo.

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  18. E ka agas ki leba narcisa pa lasa?

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  19. Deus e justo...injustica k foi feito contra dinamo es a le liga ta pagan.......primero senhor bibi, betinho, tchatcho, e muitos outros. Razao k tudo es drama sta continua e pa nhos abri odjo ma es liga comesa mal e El ta termina mal. ..dinamo tinha razao

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  20. betinho, bibi, herminio, tchatcho are quitters.

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  21. CrioloSports, why did you posted this article? It seems like many people are doing this because she is a WOMAN and she is running the league. Now, She is up against the wall. C'mon guys, have some respect. Herminio, stop crying...

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  22. herminio e um pessoa ke tem ablitacoes literaria mas el ta fala so asneira e ka ta respeita se presidente pamode e mudjer e el ta ba campo pa el ba fala mal de se organizacao el creba daba golpe de estado na liga mas kes pessoa ke sta la e mas sperto ki el. el kre tuma presidente aforca mas e ka sim compo bu comportamento primeiro mas na liga bu ka ta trabadja mas

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