Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association, George Amoako has said that the suspension of former Ghana Premier League champions, Ashantigold is backed by law.
The miners were officially suspended from all football activities in Ghana following a congress decision on Monday.
The motion was moved by the administrative manager of Dreams FC, Ameenu Shardow, for the Obuasi-based club to be suspended during the 29th congress session of the Ghana FA at KNUST Great Hall.
After a vote by headcount was conducted, 67 voted in favour of suspension while 17 voted against the motion.
This means Ashantigold has been dully suspended by the Ghana FA congress due to choosing to deal with suspended officials Kwaku Frimpong and Emmanuel Frimpong.
“Ashantigold situation has done what? We followed the football law and made a decision. As a certain point, if Ashantigold had shown remorse and lobbied I think the situation could have been different but they opted for a different option and that option resulted in this outcome, it is unfortunate” he told Kessben FM.
The Executive Council of the FA unanimously decided to suspend Ashantigold last year under Article 17(1) of the GFA Statutes, which has been upheld by congress.
This decision was taken due to the club's dealing with banned officials Kwaku Frimpong and Emmanuel Frimpong, which constitutes a serious violation of both GFA Statutes and the FIFA Statutes.
Kwaku Frimpong and Emmanuel Frimpong were banned by the GFA Disciplinary Committee for 10 years and 8 years, respectively, for engaging in match manipulations.
Also the club suffered a demotion from the Ghanaian top division to the third-tier for match manipulations.
This means that Ashantigold cannot be involved in activities of the Ghana FA, including the participation of all competitions amongst others.