MARIANO “NONONG” ARANETA will seek re-election as one of five board members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in hopes of securing the position for his advocacy within the organization as a “voice of small nations. “
Philippine Football Federation (PFF) president Araneta will face six candidates from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and China.
Elections are scheduled for February next year in Bahrain with AFC leader Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, also a FIFA vice president, running unopposed for a four-year term. Forty-seven AFC members vote.
“I will be the voice of Southeast Asian nations there and I will be there to promote the welfare of less harsh nations,” Araneta told BusinessMirror on Monday. “As a board member, I will control the interests of other nations. “
He was elected to this position in 2019.
“In terms of integrity verification, I’m fine. At the same time, we are doing our homework there,” he added.
Araneta said Al Khalifa running unopposed is evidence of his effective leadership for Asian nations and especially the Philippines.
“Our country and our federation have very good relations with him,” said Araneta, an al-Khalifa confidant since 2013.
“He appointed me chairman of the AFC finance committee five years ago until now,” he said. “It gave me other day-to-day jobs, such as chairing the ad hoc committee that guided the management of the renegotiation procedure with our trading partners. “
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