By Dumisani Ndlovu
Temba Mliswa who was recently disqualified from the ZIFA presidency race after failing an integrity tests claims the Ethics Committee is compromised and plans to challenge the decision.
ZIFA announced the list of candidates who will run in the January 25 elections following a two-week evaluation of their suitability.
Mliswa, former Warriors captain Benjani Mwaruwari, and football administrators Farai Jere and Walter Magaya were ruled out by the Integrity Commission.
According to ZIFA’s regulations, candidates must be free from pending civil, criminal, or disciplinary proceedings or investigations.
The remaining candidates for the ZIFA presidency include Nqobile Magwizi, Marshall Gore, Philemon Machana, Twine Phiri, Makwinje Phiri, and Martin Kweza.
Reacting to his disqualification, Mliswa said: “If it is true that this is what the Ethics Committee came up with, we have a right to challenge it and we shall challenge it.
“We will ensure that the right things are done and I have no doubt that the laws of this country will protect the citizens and the right thing will come out of it.
That constitution is flawed and it can be challenged left, right and centre.
“The whole process of the constitution to get to that point can be challenged too. There are many things and so the ace card is yet to be played,” he added.
Mliswa further accused the Ethics Committee of being corrupt, saying: “There is a lot of money which has been spent, money which has been thrown around. An Ethics Committee which is supposed to be ethical has become corrupt.
“I would not want to say much, but the Sports Recreation Commission (SRC) was very clear that it wanted Magwizi. I have inside information pertaining to that. He was their blue-eyed boy,” Mliswa claimed.
