LAUSANNE: A long running power struggle in amateur boxing's world governing body appears to be reaching its end game stage. The AIBA disciplinary commission on Monday served International Boxing Association president Ching-Kuo Wu with a provisional and immediate suspension from duties pending the conclusion of the commission’s complaint case.
The DC received a brief of complaint on October 1 from 11 members of the AIBA executive committee alleging that "Wu has violated and continues to violate various provisions of AIBA’s Statutes and Codes".
The complaint sought provisional and immediate suspension of his rights as AIBA president as he "continuously exercises such rights to dismiss and appoint key individuals in AIBA in order to block any statutory right of the EC and of others".
The chairman of the commission and the commission panel assigned to this matter believe that the situation is urgent and require immediate provisional measures be ordered.
Wu is able to participate in any pending matter before the commission in which he is a named as party. This interim suspension will be considered at the conclusion of the commission’s proceedings on the complaint case.
During the period of suspension, the office of the AIBA president will be filled in accordance with AIBA statutes and bylaws which is now in undergoing process.
The interim president is most likely to be the organisation's most senior vice president, Franco Falcinelli, the former head of the Italian boxing federation.
Wu, who was elected AIBA president in 2006 and is a member of the International Olympic Committee’s executive board, has rejected claims of financial mismanagement and accused opponents of “political maneuvrings” as part of a power struggle.
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