MANILA – The Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) lambasted the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) for accepting the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas (LVPI) to take part in AVC tournaments this year.
In a petition filed before the FIVB (International Volleyball Federation), PVF president Ed Cantada said that a resolution was made at the FIVB General Assembly, which names PVF as the sole representative of the country to the FIVB.
“It is PVF that is the FIVB member and not LVPI as per the decision of the FIVB General Assembly in Cancun, Mexico. Thus, it is PVF that must be allowed to send entries to AVC events and not LVPI,” Cantada stressed.
The PVF is currently at odds with the LVPI as the case of which organization should be the official national sports association (NSA) for volleyball is still on a deadlock.
The Philippine Olympic Committee recognizes the LVPI as the NSA for volleyball, and now, even the AVC, referencing to the directive of FIVB general director Fabio Azevedo, a member of its board of administration.
Cantada said the insistence of the FIVB Board of Administration to maintain the provisional membership of LVPI “is seriously flawed and goes against the FIVB Constitution.”
“Article 2.2.7.1 states that an affiliation on provisional basis must be ratified by the general assembly. LVPI’s provisional membership was not ratified in Cancun and was in fact terminated. Thus, LVPI ceased to be a provisional FIVB member and is now a non-member of FIVB,” he said.
Cantada then called for support from the FIVB “to uphold the sanctity of the decision of the FIVB general assembly.”
“We urge you to help us fight for justice and truth. Join us in creating noise and making this fight a fight for all the members of FIVB who might suffer the same injustice and abuse in the future. Collectively, let us say no to the unwarranted but lingering accommodation of LVPI by the FIVB BA and AVC,” Cantada said./(With a report from PNA/PN
