{"id":95387,"date":"2013-06-17T10:55:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=95387"},"modified":"2013-06-17T22:35:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T02:35:09","slug":"dominica-olympic-committee-dispute-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/dominica-olympic-committee-dispute-deepens\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominica Olympic Committee dispute deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-94532\" alt=\"Dominica Olympic Committee\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dominica-Olympic-Committee.jpg\" width=\"144\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dominica-Olympic-Committee.jpg 144w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Dominica-Olympic-Committee-135x150.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/>Fourteen of the 18 affiliate members of the Dominica Olympic Committee (DOC) have written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asking for intervention in a dispute which has developed between them and the executive of the DOC.\r\n\r\nIn the letter dated June 7, the members say they are &#8220;aggrieved&#8221; at the manner in which the DOC is being governed by its president, Felix Wilson and general secretary, Thomas B. Dorsette.\r\n\r\nThey complained of irregularities\u00a0 during a meeting for the election of officers to the DOC executive on January 24, 2013. &#8220;The matter really escalated into total chaos during and after the meeting which was called for the election of officers to the D.O.C Executive on January 24, 2013,&#8221; the letter stated. &#8220;There were many irregularities relating to this meeting which we are all convinced were illegal and unconstitutional.&#8221;\r\n\r\nThis is not the first time the IOC will be hearing from the DOC.\r\n\r\nOn June 7 the DOC executive released a statement saying it has referred the dispute to the IOC and was waiting a response.\r\n\r\nThis, after a special meeting was held between member organizations and the DOC executive on April 25 at the Fort Young Hotel.\r\n\r\nHowever the meeting descended into chaos and after members thought it was going nowhere decided to pass a resolution giving the DOC executive 21 days to hold an Annual General Meeting in order for fresh elections to be held.\r\n\r\nIn their letter to the IOC the DOC executive questioned whether such meeting should be held.\r\n\r\n\u201cRepeated appeals were made by the executive for the matters raised at the special general meeting to be brought to the International Olympic Committee for a civil resolution; however, some members feared their interests would not have been served. The question; is there any need for elections in 21 days?\u201d the DOC executive said in the statement.\r\n\r\nIn its letter the affiliated members produced a list which they say they want the IOC to consider &#8220;and for which we solicit your advice and intervention.&#8221;\r\n\r\nSee full letter below.\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2em;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<object aria-label=\"PDF embed\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/doc.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" style=\"width:100%; height:600px;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Your browser does not support embedding PDFs. <a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/doc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to download the PDF.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/object>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fourteen of the 18 affiliate members of the Dominica Olympic Committee (DOC) have written to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asking for intervention in a dispute which has developed between them and the executive of the DOC. 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