The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has put the Ghana FA elections in a balance by ordering the Normalisation Committee to respond to Wilfred Kwaku Osei's injunction request before proceeding with the polls, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.
Sports' highest ruling body delivered the verdict on Thursday by instructing the Dr. Kofi Amoah-led committee to respond to Palmer's claims before Monday 10am Switzerland time.
The Switzerland-based body delivered the letter to the Ghana FA on Thursday after the caretaker body refused to hear Palmer's request for an arbitration over the Normalisation Committee's decision to disqualify for the Presidential Election race.
This prompted Palmer to report the matter to various bodies within and outside the country and also filed a complaint against the Normalisation Committee at CAS, eliciting the desired response.
Now with CAS stepping into the matter, the Normalisation Committee has no option than to respond immediately.
"The respondent is invited to respond to inform the CAS Court Office within TWO DAYS from the receipt of this letter by courier whether it agrees with the appellant's request," CAS wrote on Thursday in a letter addressed to the Acting General Secretary of the Ghana FA Alexander Asante.
Wilfred Osei, popularly known as Palmer is contesting his 'unfair' disqualification from running for the Ghana Football Association President.
The GFA President hopeful had reported the Normalisation Committee to FIFA, CAF, CAS and the Sports Ministry early this week.
Palmer was disqualified from contesting for the position for failing to pay a 10% cut of the sale of ex-Tema Youth winger Joseph Painstil.
According to the NC, his disqualification was based on the breach of Article 33 (5) of the Ghana Football Association regulation.
Palmer was one of the leading aspirants for the position of the GFA Presidency.
The Ghana Football Association Election comes off on October 25th but the legal tussles might forced the date to be pushed forward.
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