DFA has new president

John

Glen Ettiene has assumed the role of President of the Dominica Football Association (DFA).

This comes on the heels of a decison by FIFA to ban outgoing president Patrick John for two years.

The decision was announced by DFA’s public relations officer Gerald George at a press conference yesterday.

“Last night (Monday) we had a meeting, the Board met, we had our lawyer with us and he went over the terms of the decision handed down by FIFA. It was then agreed by the members that the First Vice President will assume the function of the President in the absence of Johns’ two year ban. We all heard that John will be appealing the ban, so until that time, the first vice president will assume the functions of the President,” he pointed out.

At the press conference Ettiene said matters of the DFA continue as usual. “Football matters will carry on as planned. The 2011/12 season is in operation and we will carry on as the plan goes on,” he stated. “In a nutshell, everything is order at the DFA. Things are rolling as planned and with the help of the board we will continue to move this beautiful sport of football forward.”

In addition to the two-year ban John was also fined 3,000 Swiss francs (US$3,300) in an alleged bribery plot involving former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam. The international governing body of football had initially charged John for accepting US$40,000 in cash from Bin Hammam to support him in an election campaign against FIFA President Sepp Blatter. However after a hearing, FIFA disclosed that John did not violate its code of ethics that relates to accepting bribery of $40,000; it however found him guilty of infringement of FIFA statutes.

John said he is appealing the ban.

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35 Comments

  1. Graduado
    November 25, 2011

    NO BRIBERY CHARGE FOR P.J,THAT IS GOOD FOR US BUT FIFA RULING HAS TO BE COMPLIED,,,,SOME QUESTIONS !.WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE APPEAL<,,,IS THE LAWYER REPRESENTING P.J OR IS HE RETAINED BY THE DFA,,P.J WAS NOT RUNNING THE DFA DEMOCRATICALLY,–ONE MAN SHOW,,,THAT IS WHY THOSE INCRIMINATING E-MAILS HE SENT WAS NOT EVEN SEEN BY THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE…….NIOT SURE IF THE NEW MAN CAN HANDLE THE DFA BUT WISH HIM THE BEST

  2. Anonymous
    November 24, 2011

    WHEN YOU LIVING IN GLASS HOUSE DON’T THROW STONES, P.J HAD TOO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE PRIME MINISTER, BUT THE PM HAS NEVER BEEN CONVICTED FOR ANYTHING

  3. >>>>>
    November 24, 2011

    why can they post a pic of the replacement president .?

    • Football Critic
      November 24, 2011

      since morning I asked the same question. Can’t believe that DNO have a problem getting a picture. guess the topic not hot enough

    • Esther
      November 26, 2011

      I myself would like to hnow who is the new president of the foot ball association. A photo graph of him should be shown to the public. Some may know him, while others do not know him

  4. cool mr cool
    November 24, 2011

    I think the titles has changed but pj still runs football.Who in the executive has the balls to tell pj stay away?So as Mr ettienne rightfully said won’t you ?

  5. Doc.Love
    November 24, 2011

    SOME FOOTBALL FANS ARE MAD BECAUSE PATRICK WAS NOT CONVICTED OF BRIBERY BUT OF DISOBEYING THE RULES OF FIFA.YOU SEE,HAD HE BEEN CONVICTED OF BRIBERY THEY WOULD BRING BACK THE OLD TIME CALYPSO ABOUT HOW CURRUPTED HE IS, MERCI BONDIE.DEXTER HAS BEEN PLAYING HIS VIOLIN WITH JOY AT JOHN’S TROUBLES , BECAUSE JOHN HAD DEPRIVED HIM OF EARNING $7000 A MONTH, BUT HE CANNOT ACCUSE HIM OF CURRUPTION. THOSE DLP SUPPORTERS WHO WERE ENJOYING JOHN’S DOWNFALL AT THE MAD COCONUT A FEW NIGHTS AGO MUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN JOHN WINS HIS APPEAL,HE WILL BE BACK TO SEE THE NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM COMPLETED.

  6. true
    November 24, 2011

    They should have ban him for life, that is the reason he was so upset when he last the presidency to Dexter.

  7. Not Memoire Poule
    November 24, 2011

    Well it is truly disturbing when small minds with little to show in their journey of life attack with impunity and with zero or -contributions to DA can with MISCHIEVOUS audacity stay behind walls of ignorance and send stones at the heroes and giants of the land .
    ALL the leaders of footabll in the entire CARIBBEAN WITH LITTLE OR NO EXCEPTION WERE FOUND GUILTY OF RECEIVING 4OOOOUSD and for support of JACK Warner.. P.J WAS NOT !!!!
    What is he guilty of ? being a friend of WARNER ?
    lIKE HIS DAYS IN POLITCS HE SEEM UNABLE TO ACCEPT BIG MONEY !!A PRACITICE OF MODERN DAY POLITICIANS … A FOOL HE HAS BEEN CALLED !!!!
    Yet still PJ RECEIVED THE HIGHEST CARIBBEAN FOOTBALL HONOURS despite the haters of DA.

    P.J IS SYNONYMOUS WITH CONTRIBUTION to DA that few can match or even come close !!
    P.J along with Thomas Baptiste were the founders of Combermere club the FOOTBALL leaders of the day structured with a club house at beach club fond cole …a forward who represented DOMINICA and was in the team which won the many trophies.

    P.J was with Erskin larocque the leaders of TUMBLING -ACROBATICS ..The best in the land .. now that he is in a 2 year hiatus he may be employed to advise our leaders to take advantage of the Chinese connection and reintroduce acrobatics to our youth !
    P.J we must be reminded was the leader of PIATIAN CLUB who with THUNDERBIRDS gave Dominca endless years of Great CARNIVAL BANDS
    P.J it was as a calypso song writer gave songs to the many calypsonians of the day ..road matches and the like
    P.J it was who was the youngest Mayor who gave sports attention in the city of Roseau — a seat he won in the hey day of Roseau potitics
    P.J it was who PRIMARILY and with Louis Benoit and others created and founded WAWU THE UNION MOST FEARED WHICH WAS AN OFFSHOOT OF the DOMINCA TRADE UNION and which brought respect and dignity to the bayfront workers !
    P.J as Editor and writer of the EDUCATOR a newspaper of an earlier age together with Eustace Francis -Attorney- gave readers another politcal perspective in humour and style .
    P.J like another PM- ROSIE DOUGLAS did become a political prisoner .. SERVED HIS TIME .whilst those who overthrew him by mobs and stones were made heroes …
    P.J came out and rather lay down in shame, went back to his passion for the sports of his Youth and have now served for 15 YEARS AT THE HEIRACHY OF FOOTBALL
    The Prime Minister who like the the 2nd PM O.J SERAPHIN Minister and former Finance Minister VIC RIVIERE who BROUGHT DOMINCA TO INDEPENDENCE remain ignored and univited and not even to the 30th anniversary of DA independence by the late comers to LABOUR.
    Never re mentioned in the history of that RULING PARTY THAT THEY HELPED SUSTAIN AND GAVE THEIR ADULT LIVES TO in the worst of times .
    Like JEFF JO who never heard of HIS flowers WHILST ALIVE give P,J HIS NOW .
    RESPECT !!!

    PJ

    • claudius Anthony
      November 24, 2011

      If the title of the CEO required to run the affairs of the DFA is president then why is Mr Etienne who is now at the helm not promoted to President but is still designated First Vice President,this shift in position is just a case of playing MUSICAL CHAIRS, once Mr Etienne does not carry the title of PRESIDENT of DFA say what you want PJ is still in command for LIFE

    • Cerberus.
      November 24, 2011

      To compare Jeff Jo with P.J. is going too far. Unlike P.J. Jeff could never be accused of treason.

      • Football Critic
        November 24, 2011

        how can this guy ever think of comparing PJ to a TRUE AMBASSADOR like JEFF JOSEPH. UTTERLY NONSENSE. You can’t compare someone who commits TREASON against his country to one who is ann AMBASSADOR to his country. CHALK AND CHEESE

  8. November 24, 2011

    I am fully supporting Glen as President of DFA. I wish him well and hope that he breathes fresh air into our football.Think Global and big thinks will happen for us.
    All the best .

    • Culture Fan
      November 24, 2011

      Fresh air…..he said that things will continue, all is well as at the DFA…as long as he thinks he is just holding on for PJ until his ban is maybe lifted or he is cleared…it will be the same o, same o at the old DFA…

      • Football Critic
        November 24, 2011

        His comments are such that he will continue doing what is being done. He seems to have no vision regarding th future of football. In assuming the role of President, you would think that he would have new ideas and do things along them. But alas, another stooge of PJ. FRESH ELECTIONS

  9. critic
    November 24, 2011

    DNO….where is the face of the new president PJ is no longer president

    • kakarat
      November 24, 2011

      From the time i saw that your comments was my first reaction.

  10. Laplaine
    November 23, 2011

    Dominicanewsonline, you are are too crapping bias. I have noticed enough nonsense is being posted online and you all not putting scissors in it, but since a person write a sensible article it is not being posted. Sir, good luck and continue your trend. I am a student of lawyer and while I do not claimed to be a lwayer,I can say that whatever I wrote was not libelous. However, I will stop reading your blog or maybe just stay away from reading your articles.

  11. Anonymous
    November 23, 2011

    look trouble GLEN ETTIENE? questionable lol
    Of all people They could not put the person that come out second in the damn election .And PJ deserved what he got

  12. educator
    November 23, 2011

    We should let the teams decide who should be president. The board should ask pj to resign so we can move forward. Is glen going to act for two years until pj returns. Come on guys time for a fresh start

    • critic
      November 24, 2011

      I can’t agree more with your comments. The Board should have called a special meeting with the clubs and get their opinion on the way forward. I have said it and will again say that the board should resign and fresh elections held. Their are members on the board who are loyal to PJ and will do anything to keep him there as it is in their interest to do such. With all those allegations of bribery and corruption floating around, let the clubs decide the future. I some of the present members get re-elected, so be it.

      • critic
        November 24, 2011

        If some of the present members get re-elected, so be it

  13. stupes
    November 23, 2011

    HEY THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION HAS MET WITH THEIR ATTORNEY CHECKED THEIR CONSTITUTION AND MADE A DECISION IN THE INTEREST OF FOOTBALL, JOHN IS ON A BAN UNTIL HIS APPEAL IS SUCESSFUL OR AFTER HE HAS SERVED THE BAN. WHERE IS ALL THAT PJ HISTORY NONSENSE COMING FROM.ARE YOU TRYING TO PUNISH HIM AGAIN FOR THE SAME ACTS HE SERVED TIME AND WAS PARDONED FOR???? WHEN YOU PUNISH A CHILD FOR WRONG DOING DO YOU REMIND HIM/HER EVERY WEEK AND PUNISH HIM REPEATEDLY???THE MAN HAS BEEN PRESEIDIENT OF DFA FOR YEARS IS IT ONLY NOW THAT FIFA KNOWS THAT JOHN WAS IMPRISONED FOR CRIMES AGAINST DOMINICA AND HAS BEEN PARDONED?? YOU MEAN FIFA ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT RECENTLY???? YOU MEAN FIFA DOES NOT HAVE AN INVESTIGATIVE ARM TO CONDUCT DUE DELIGENCE ON RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS WHO MET AND DISCUSS FOOTBALL IN FIFA’S FORUMS, WHO RECEIVE AND MANAGE MONIES FROM FIFA FOR FOOTBALL PROJECTS. AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OF PJ HEADING THE DFA FIFA HAD NO HEADS-UP THAT HIS RECORD WAS A VIOLATION OF FIFA ETHICS AND STATUTES. I WILL STAND WITH PJ ON THIS ONE ANYTIME. IN THE MEANTIME HE SHOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE FOOTBALL HOUSE IN BATH ESTATE CAUSE WE DO NOT WANT DOMINICA TO BE BANNED OK. PEACE

    • Malatete3
      November 24, 2011

      Ha, ha !! Is not Jack Warner, who vowed for P.J. bona fides at FIFA? What is that proverb again that speaks of birds that have similar pumage ….?

  14. ineedfree
    November 23, 2011

    I am an outsider but I always remember how Dexter Francis was treated.

    We must be careful here….and just try to learn from mistakes

  15. Football Critic
    November 23, 2011

    The best thing that should be done is for the whole of the Executive to resign and fresh elections held. PJ stil have his people on the board and they will carry all that happening to him. Let clubs decide the future of football and elect honest and committed persons to run football. Look at the state of football, the performance of the National team in World Cup games is pathetic and a reflection of the standard of football in Dominica. It is also a reflection of the Administration since they are the ones who chart the way for football.
    RESIGN SAVE FACE AND GIVE FOOTBALL A CHANCE

    • Cerberus.
      November 24, 2011

      I agree. Right now it looks as if the executive are merely holding the fort for P.J.

  16. Trouble Intended
    November 23, 2011

    So every article I read about DA these days is about BORBOL? From fake, corrupt insurance companies, to fake citizenship to be PM, to selling passports to crooks and now, football? Don’t you just love DA? Everything goes.and No problems….

  17. footballer
    November 23, 2011

    SO IF PJ DID NOT ACCEPT CASH FROM BIN HAMMAN HOW COMES HE GOT MORE PUNISHMENT THAN THOSE WHO ACCEPTED THE CASH GIFTS? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT PJ WAS CHARGED FOR DOING. I SMELL A FIFA CONSPIRACY THERE AGAINST ALL THOSE THAT WERE CLOSE TO JACK WARNER.

  18. Hmmm
    November 23, 2011

    Stupes.. same set of grapes. Can we get a new set of people in DFA? We really need change in order for us to go anywhere in football.

  19. forreal
    November 23, 2011

    john goes down without a fight,what a difference from the late 1970’s,no defence force this time,john what history you have,as part of resume,but thanks still you know,thanks for bringing us to independence,you will always be the leader that freed us from colonial rule.

  20. mindme
    November 23, 2011

    Big up Glen! :)

  21. traveller
    November 23, 2011

    Birds of a feather flock together.

  22. SAD
    November 23, 2011

    It was then agreed by the members that the First Vice President will assume the function of the President in the absence of Johns’ two year ban. We all heard that John will be appealing the ban, so until that time, the first vice president will assume the functions of the President,” WE ALL KNOW THAT PT WILL BE THERE PULLING THE STRINGS OF THOSE PUPPETS…PJ hasnt been suspended he was banned so the vice present cannot or shouldnt jus assume the functions of the President. Will he be gettin the salaries as well,will be he called DFA President? will he hve the keys? are the players in agreement or were they even consulted, wat does the constutions say in that regard. i think that all the members of the board should resign and in the absence of this the players, teams and clubs should boycot the season until fresh elections…period!

    • Football Critic
      November 23, 2011

      you are so right. football affairs were run by three persons only PJ, CC and PW. The other were just filling positions. PJ will always be informed of what taking place at the office and meetings. The other members must be careful and should not be in contact with PJ at any time since he is banned from all activities pertaining to football. If any member contacts him and shares information with him and FIFAfinds out, Dominica can face sanctions and possibly be BANNED also.

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