Madam Pang decided to sue Mr. Somyot Pumpanmuang and a total of 19 people in the previous term of the Thai Football Federation (FAT), according to Article 76 of the Civil and Commercial Code, after the loss of SIAM Sport media company with an amount of up to 500 million baht (more than 380 billion VND), including the loss of 360 million baht and the amount Siamsport.
Madam Pang (middle), currently president of FAT
Madam Pang also affirmed that the case of Mr. Somyot Pumpanmuang and the executive committee in the previous term, not for personal matters, but the responsibility of managing her federation today.
“The debt from the lawsuit, causing FAT for the term now to shoulder the debt repayment is unfair. This is the incident that happened in the previous term of the president. Therefore, we agreed to vote through the case of claiming compensation with the entire FAT Executive Board of the previous term, under Article 76 of the Civil and Commercial Code, including the approval of hiring experts to handle the case. 14.3.
Facing this situation, the Thai press had raised the problem, whether Mrs. Pang because of FAT’s debt pressure resigned from the president, because this football agency was very difficult to have enough money to pay debts from the case in the coming time. However, Madam Pang asserted that she did not give up the mission, which would give priority to focus on solving FAT’s public debt issues during her term.
She also expressed that she will find a way to send to relevant partners in the loss of lawsuit with Siam Sport media company, to postpone or reduce the amount of losses. In addition, she also proposed to establish a special campaign to raise money for FAT to overcome current financial difficulties.
In it, including the Thai team -selling programs, selling T -shirts to support Thai football, receiving donations from fans and will be deducted twice as well as other fundraising activities. FAT also cooperates to organize music events, theater dramas and friendly football matches to raise money.
Madam Pang confirmed that there is still a good personal relationship with Mr. Somyot Pumpanmuang
A part of the donated amount will be used to pay the debt of the Siam Sport company, others will be used to support Thai teams. Earlier, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand announced that there was no financial support for FAT to pay a debt to a lawsuit with Siam Sport Company. FAT currently does not have enough money to pay the debt, so this organization has to manage itself.
Madam Pang at a press conference on March 11 at FAT headquarters
Photo: Screenshot from clip
Therefore, Madam Pang is determined to pursue the lawsuit against Mr. Somyot Pumpanmuang and the executive committee in the previous term to demand fairness.
This is also the reason why she decided not to attend the wedding of this son, despite receiving invitations, in order to avoid causing misunderstandings and creating bad public opinion in the current context.
“He might be very disappointed. Between me and Mr. Somyot Pumpanmuang have a good personal relationship. I have received his wedding invitation card. But I will not attend to avoid the unfortunate incidents. I think he understands the reason, the current lawsuit is not for personal matters, but my responsibility in the Union,” Madam Pang said in the newspaper on the newspaper. Siamsport March 15.
