By: Graham Lim January 24, 2010 The answer of Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (CESAFI) regarding the election of Manuel Pangilinan without quorum on June 12, 2008 of whom Atty. Baldomero Estenzo who was not even part of the signatories to the Bangkok Agreement was man enough to exposed what is truth and just. While those who were signatories to the Bangkok Agreement, what is your stand after two years has passed, still undecided and couldn't even knows how to deal with it, just want to make headline like what the FIBA secretariat did attending Unity Congress in the Philippines and witness all the presiding just for the sake of doing something as what the comment made by FIBA Asia last December 2009. I cannot imagine how would these people play their political life to everybody for their own personal interest and good only just for the sake of publicity. I ask what honor of a man doesn't even know how to respect and recognize their own signature and yet they just got away with their greediness and self imposed lord of the darkness invader of privacy like what happened to BAP who has been with FIBA since 1936 and imagine, they affirms SBP as the national federation in the Philippines, can you really imagine that? Wow wow-we, it was really something we can't even illustrate their character what they did to member who has not violated FIBA General Statutes and yet they thought they can just getaway with there mischivious personalities. Look, even a FIBA president will attend the FIBA Asia board and make false statement in front of everybody in the Asia continent, how about that Bob Elphinston (FIBA President) for your liberous reports, do you know what you did in discrediting and damaging the good name and image of the FIBA as an institution with full of negativity as what the comment of FIBA Asia said! My next official letter regarding the FIBA Youth Commission after promising my reinstatement as a gentlemen agreement, still I was ignored, as Patrick Baumann stated a ceasefire expires but they never ever keep their word and so with the ugly's gentlemen agreement term used "that promises are mend to be broken" as it seems like a way of life they are in to. No palabra de honor. Good day!
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Banat News by Gabby Malagar
January 3, 2010 (Sunday) Visayas Language Version: Cebu City --- Niadtong Pasko ug sa milabay'ng bag-ong tuig, mi-text kanako si Graham Lim, ang nabilanggong secretary-general sa Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) kinsa nagpalabay sa Christmas holidays didto sa Bicutan sukad pa kaniadtong Disyembre 7. Nakaila nako si Graham sukad iyang gipulihan ang kanhi secretary-general sa BAP nag si Nicanor F. Jorge nga usa sab nako ka higala. Wala seguro'y mga sports leaders nga dili nato mahimong higala kay sila man maoy atong tinubdan sa mga balita. Gawas lang tingali niadtong mga lider nga badlungon, aw angayan sab nga dili nato hatagan ug pagtagad. Si Lim didto magsaulog ug Pasko ug didto sab magpalabay sa 2009 sa prisohan. Alang kaniya mao kadto'y pinakamasulob-ong yugto sa iyang kinabuhi. Nabilanggo na siya kaniadto apan sa iyang pamilya siya namasko kay kadiyot raman kadto. Kini gud si Lim nag-atubang man ug kaso nga deportation tungod kay gipasanginlan siyang naghupot ug peke nga passport ug ang iyang mga kaatbang mipasangil sab kaniya nga usa ka illegal alien o "undesirable alien" kay lagi usa kuno siya ka Taiwanese citizen ug dili Filipino citizen busa wal'y igong rason nga manghilabot sa pagpadagan ug sports dinhe sa Pilipinas. Sa makadaghan, gipanghimakak kini ni Lim kinsa maisogong misukol ug mibarug nga usa siya ka Filipino kay dinhe siya mahumugso sa Manila apan iyang gi-angkon nga insik ang iyang mga ginikanan. Isip higala, nalooy ako ni Graham apan masa nalooy ako sa iyang anak lalaki nga si Graham Jr. ug sa 11 anyos nga anak babaye nga si Fides Lim kinsang pagtuon na-apektohan sa pagkabilanggo sa ilang amahan. Gani, si Graham Jr. mi-apelar sa publiko nga buhian na ang iyang amahan tungod kay dili man kini usa ka banggi-itang kriminal nga padugta-on sa prisohan. Kining kaso sa pagpatay ilabi nga didto sa Maguindanao mas dakung isyu kay kang Graham ug ang iyang pagkalambigit ug sports dili usa ka heinous crime kung itandi sa gipasangil sa banay'ng Ampatuan. Matod pa sa iyang mga anak nga wala makapatay ug tawo ang ilang amahan. Mga uk-uk, langaw ug lamok nuon sa Bicutan daghan na siya'g napatay. (joke) *** Miscellaneous. To all Banat readers and all my friends and sisters whom I missed to greet personally or through my mobile phone during Christmas 2009 and the newly-turned 2010 four days ago, HAPPY NEW YEAR !!! REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
)S.S. CITY OF MANILA ) x----------------------------------------------------x AFFIDAVIT I, LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, of legal age, Filipino, with official address at Cityland Tower I, Pablo Ocampo Sr., Street, Malate, Manila, Philippines, after having been duly sworn hereby depose and state: 1. I am the Chairman of the BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. 2. The BAP is a Philippine sports association in the field of basketball that has been in existence for 73 years. The BAP was organized in 1936, and had 66 accredited member associations in the Philippines, enumerated in the list that BAP submitted to FIBA. BAP’s association with FIBA started with the participation of the Philippines in the Berlin Olympics in 1936. From its inception until 2007, it had been accredited by the FIBA, the world governing body for basketball. 3. In 2005, the Philippine Olympic Committee,6 at the instigation of some its then officers, particularly its President, Mr. Jose Cojuangco, Jr., induced the creation of a new faction to challenge BAP’s FIBA accreditation by organizing what became the Philippine Basketball Federation Inc. (PBFI). Mr. Cojuangco’s objective was to usurp BAP’s FIBA accreditation as the legitimate basketball association in the Philippines. He did this out of spite against the BAP whose members rejected his nominee for President of the organization. 4. The POC unlawfully suspended and subsequently expelled BAP from its roster of accredited national sports associations (NSAs) and notified FIBA of this action. When FIBA received the POC letter regarding BAP’s expulsion, Mr. Patrick Baumann, Secretary General of FIBA, wrote a letter to the POC President expressing his disgust with the unwarranted action of the POC in expelling BAP in order to replace it with PBF, a newcomer in Philippine basketball with no track record. In his letter dated July 3, 2005,7 Mr. Baumann wrote POC that: “We are very surprised and unhappy with this decision. Therefore, and until FIBA has not concluded its own investigation, please be informed that: i. FIBA will continue to recognize BAP as the legitimate National Federation affiliated to FIBA and responsible for basketball in the Philippines; ii. FIBA does not recognize your decision and thus will not transfer to the POC the responsibility for basketball in your country at this stage. Your request in this sense is thus rejected; iii. Participation in any official international basketball competition is not allowed with immediate effect; iv. FIBA reserves the right to legally challenge the POC decision in front of CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sports). 5. With the rejection by FIBA of PBF, the POC then encouraged the same faction to set up Pilipinas Basketball, Inc.9 which then lobbied for FIBA accreditation. FIBA again refused to recognize PB. Instead, FIBA recommended that the two organizations work together to amicably settle their differences. In the meantime, FIBA suspended the Philippines from joining and taking part in international basketball competitions sanctioned by it. 6. PB was composed of the same personalities as PBF, whose prior bid for accreditation was rebuked by FIBA. Like its predecessor, PB had no track record in the field of basketball. The Tokyo Communiqué 7. On August 28, 2006, at the sidelines of the 18th FIBA World Congress in Tokyo, Japan, BAP and PB announced a Joint Communiqué of even date11 which was witnessed by FIBA through Mr. Baumann. Under the Tokyo Communiqué, BAP and BP agreed “to merge and unite for the sake of basketball,” resulting into a single, unified basketball organization that would seek membership with the POC and would eventually take over membership in FIBA, “subject to the appropriate FIBA regulations on membership.”12 This happened after BAP conceded to a unification, to achieve the immediate lifting of the Philippines’ suspension from FIBA competitions. Thus: The Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and the Pilipinas Basketball (PB), through their presidents Mr. Jose D. Lina Jr. and Mr. Bernardo Gabriel L. Atienza respectfully, jointly issue the following communiqué this 28th August 2006 in Tokyo, Japan, at the sideline of the 18th FIBA World Congress: 1. BAP and PB have agreed to merge and unite for the sake of basketball and the basketball-adoring Filipino peoplewho have clamored for the past more than one year for the unity and harmony in the Philippine basketball community; 2. The merger and unity of the two basketball entities shall result into a single united basketball organization that will seek membership with the Philippine Olympic Committee and will eventually take over the membership of BAP in the FIBA, subject to appropriate FIBA regulations on membership. 8. In the same communiqué, BAP and PB agreed to create within five days from August 28, 2006, or until September 2, 2006, a Three-Man Panel composed of the Presidents of BAP and PB and a third member, to undertake the following tasks: 3. A three-man panel, composed of the presidents of BAP and PB, and a third member to be agreed upon by both presidents, shall be created within five (5) days from the date of this communiqué to undertake the following tasks: a. To write and finalize the organization’s constitution and by-laws based on: 1) Democratic, country-wide and mass-based representation of the various sectors of the country involved in basketball namely: geographic, sectoral, professional, commercial, school-based, and special basketball sector. 2) Transparency and accountability of official acts. 3) Regular election of officers. b. To review, verify, and validate the list of members as submitted by PB and BAP to the FIBA Central Board Special Commission created to hear the Philippine case based on agreed set of criteria for membership formulated by the three-man panel. c. To convene the National Congress of the united organization and to oversee the election of officers. 9. The BAP’s then President, Jose Lina, Jr., and his counterpart in PB agreed to appoint Mr. Manuel V. Pangilinan16 as third member of the Panel. Mr. Pangilinan accepted the appointment in September 2006. 10. When the Panel convened to discuss the constitution and by-laws of the merged organization, Mr. Pangilinan suddenly demanded that he become the Chairman and President of the new organization. Thus, instead of acting as a neutral arbiter of the dispute between BAP and PB, Mr. Pangilinan became personally interested in leading the organization, resulting in a conflict of interest. 11. Mr. Pangilinan then instigated the creation of a new basketball association, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, Inc.17 which was not a merger of BAP and PB. BAP objected to the setting up of SBP, on the grounds that its creation was not in accord with the intent of the Tokyo Communiqué and that the organization of SBP was not ratified by the members of BAP. Mr. Lina, then BAP president, resigned in disgust from the Panel after Mr. Pangilinan openly remarked that he could not work with Mr. Lina. To Mr. Lina, this meant that Mr. Pangilinan was no longer a neutral arbiter but an interested party who wanted to impose his own organization to usurp the accreditation of BAP. 12. This conflict within the Panel prevented it from completing its tasks and resulted in the Philippines remaining suspended by FIBA. Thus, the implementation of the Tokyo Communiqué, which was an expression of BAP’s and PB’s intent to unite and which laid down the process for unification, was stalled and the Tokyo Communique, which was an expression of good intention although not a binding agreement was set aside. The Bangkok Agreement 13. At FIBA’s prodding, the Panel met in Bangkok, Thailand on February 4, 2007 and executed what became known as the Bangkok Agreement. The Agreement was witnessed by FIBA Asia President Shk Baud Bin Ali Al-Thani, FIBA Asia Secretary General Dato Yeoh Choo Hock, and FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann. 14. The Bangkok Agreement was negotiated and entered into by BAP and PB with the guidance and imprimatur of FIBA. The Panel agreed to the following “final terms and conditions” of the unity between BAP and PB for submission to FIBA: “MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT" “WHEREAS, the 3-man panel has met in Bangkok, Thailand on February 4, 2007 and agreed on the final terms and conditions of the unity between BAP and BP. “WHEREAS, the 3-man panel wishes to document such terms and conditions for submission to FIBA. “NOW, WHEREFORE, the parties hereby confirm and acknowledge, on behalf of BAP and PB, as follows: “1. Corporate Name “The corporate name of SAMAHANG BASKETBOL NG PILIPINAS INC. shall be amended to read: “BAP-SAMAHANG BASKETBOL NG PILIPINAS INC.” “2. Removal of Officers “Officers of BAP-SAMAHANG BASKETBOL NG PILIPINAS INC. (SBP) may be removed by the vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Board of Trustees. For this purpose, Article XII, Section 3 of the By-Laws shall be amended to reflect this voting requirement. “3. Membership “All bona fide members of BAP and PB appearing in the lists submitted by BAP and PB to FIBA pursuant to the Tokyo communiqué shall be admitted as “members”, instead of “probationary members” of SBP. “4. Nominations “(a) BAP shall have the rights to nominate for the following positions: “(1) Chairman of the Board of Trustees “(2) Treasurer “(b) PB shall have the rights to nominate for the following positions: “(1) Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees “(2) Corporate Secretary “5. Officers “The following officers shall be elected by BAP and PB at the Unity Congress and will serve as such during the Transitory Period referred to in the By-Laws of SBP and until their successors are elected and qualifies: “Chairman – to be named at the Unity Congress “Vice Chairman- VICTORICO P. VARGAS “President - MANUEL V. PANGILINAN “Secretary – MARIVIC R. AÑONUEVO “Treasurer – to be named at the Unity Congress “Legal Counsel – Atty. Bonifacio Alentajan “The Board of Trustees shall conduct an executive search in order to select an appropriate neutral candidate for the position of Executive Director. The new Board of Trustees shall elect the successor of the President from among themselves not later than the expiration of the Transitory Period.” The signatories to the Bangkok Agreement were Mr. Christian Tan and Atty. Bonifacio Alentajan, representing BAP, Mr. Jose Capistrano, for PB, and Mr. Pangilinan, as the third and supposedly neutral member. 15. Pursuant to the Bangkok Agreement, which under its terms constituted the “final terms and conditions of the unity between BAP and PB,” Mr. Pangilinan was to be named President of BAP-SBP, although he was neither a member of BAP nor of PB. Mr. Pangilinan conceded the position of Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the BAP-SBP as it was reserved to the BAP’s nominee, who was Mr. Luis R. Villafuerte.24 The officers of BAP-SBP were to serve only during the transitory period, i.e., from their election on February 5, 2007 until the conduct of the 2008 National Congress.25 After this period, BAP-SBP shall hold its first regular elections of the Board of Trustees and officers of the BAP-SBP. 16. In the first regular elections to be held in 2008 (one year after the interim elections held at the Unity Congress in 2007), BAP and PB agreed that the lists of members submitted to FIBA shall be entitled to vote and to elect the regular board of trustees and officers to replace the interim Board of Trustees and officers. The lists placed the total number of members at 87, with 66 coming from BAP and 21 from PB. Since there were six organizations common to the lists respectively submitted by BAP and PB, the overall number of members in the lists would only be 81. As stipulated in the Bangkok Agreement, which constitutes the final terms and conditions of the unity between BAP and PB, “all bonafide members of BAP and PB appearing in the lists submitted by BAP and PB to FIBA pursuant to the Tokyo communiqué shall be admitted as “members,” instead of “probationary members.” 17. In a letter by Mr. Baumann to the BAP-SBP President, Mr. Pangilinan, FIBA stated that the validation of members shall be made “after the transition period.”30 This was consistent with Clause 3 of the Bangkok Agreement, which stipulated that “(a)ll bona fide members of BAP and PB appearing in the lists submitted by BAP and PB to FIBA pursuant to the Tokyo Communiqué shall be admitted as ‘members,’ instead of ‘probationary members’ of SBP.” The February 5, 2007 Unity Congress 18. At the Unity Congress held by BAP and PB on February 5, 2007, the following officers were elected pursuant to the Bangkok Agreement: (a) Chairman: Luis R. Villafuerte (b) Vice-Chairman: Victorico P. Vargas (c) President: Manuel V. Pangilinan (d) Secretary: Marievic R. Añonuevo (e) Treasurer: Christian Tan (f) Legal Counsel: Bonifacio Alentajan. 19. The BAP representatives at the Unity Congress expected Mr. Pangilinan and his group to accept the result of the election. However, in spite of his signature in the minutes of the Unity Congress showing that Mr. Villafuerte was elected as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of BAP-SBP, Mr. Pangilinan refused to recognize Mr. Villafuerte, repudiating not only the provisions of the Bangkok Agreement but also the results of the Unity Congress, whose minutes he signed as supposed neutral third member of the Panel. 20. In addition, Mr. Pangilinan refused to comply with the other stipulations of the Bangkok Agreement, such as: (a) the Board of Trustees shall conduct an executive search to select an appropriate, neutral candidate for the position of Executive Director;32 and (b) the Board of Trustees of BAP-SBP shall consist of 12 nominees of BAP and 12 nominees of PB, with Mr. Pangilinan as the 25th member, the intent being that he would remain a neutral participant during the transition period. Mr. Pangilinan also refused to comply with the express stipulations of the Bangkok Agreement that for SBP to be recognized by BAP, its Articles of Incorporation shall be amended, such that the corporate name of SBP would be changed to “BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, Inc.” The First Regular Election 21. When the one-year transition period from and after the Unity Congress was about to end, Mr. Villafuerte, in his capacity as Chairman of BAP-SBP, called for a general membership meeting on May 17, 2008.33 The purpose of the meeting was (a) to obtain approval of the members entitled to participate in the election of the first regular Board of Trustees and officers; and (b) to set the National Congress for the election of officers on June 4, 2008. All the members present approved a resolution to issue the Notice of the National Congress of BAP-SBP. 22. At the National Congress of BAP-SBP on June 4, 2008, Mr. Villafuerte and several BAP representatives34 were elected as trustees and officers to serve for a term of four years, as follows: “Executive Officers “Chairman - Luis R. Villafuerte “Vice Chairman - Wilson T. Young “President - Prospero A. Pichay, Jr. “Executive Director - Christian D. Tan “Secretary - Teresita D. Abundo “Legal Counsel - Atty. Bonifacio A. Alentajan A total of 64 out of the 81 members, or 80% of the members in the lists submitted by BAP and PB to FIBA, attended the June 4, 2008 Congress. 23. Mr. Pangilinan and his group, on the other hand, ignored the National Congress and convened their own election on June 12, 2008, during which Mr. Pangilinan and his nominees were purportedly elected as officers of BAP-SBP, as follows: Chairman - Gov. Oscar S. Moreno Vice Chairman - Victorico P. Vargas President - Manuel V. Pangilinan Executive Director - Jose Emmanuel M. Eala Secretary - Marievic G. Ramos-Anonuevo Treasurer - Dr. Ernesto Jay G. Adalem Only 17 basketball organizations attended the June 12, 2008 Congress called by the group of Mr. Pangilinan. Out of the 17 attendees, only five were members of BAP included in the lists submitted to FIBA, while five were new members and not among those in the said lists.38 Hence, only 12 of the attendees were in the lists of members submitted to FIBA. Disenfranchisement of BAP Members 24. As stated, the Bangkok Agreement clearly provides that “(a)ll bona fide members of BAP and PB appearing in the lists submitted by BAP and PB to FIBA pursuant to the Tokyo Communiqué shall be admitted as ‘members,’ instead of ‘probationary members’ of SBP.”39 This simply means that those in the lists will have the full rights of a regular member, including the right to vote and be voted for in the election of the regular officers and trustees of BAP-SBP. This was the intention of the representatives of BAP and PB who negotiated for and who eventually signed the Bangkok Agreement. 25. In ordinary usage, the word “regular” means “complete, thorough, unmitigated,”40 while “probationary” means “being tried out” or “on a trial basis or on probation.”41 The word “probation” is defined as “the condition of being subjected to such testing, examination or evaluation” or “the action of subjecting an individual to a period of testing and trial as to be able to ascertain the individual’s fitness for something (as … a membership in a particular organization) …” In other words, probationary members are not regular members and do not possess the full rights of membership as regular members. 26. Stated differently, when it was declared in the Bangkok Agreement that all bona fide members of BAP and PB appearing in the lists submitted by BAP and PB to FIBA “shall be admitted as ‘members,’ instead of ‘probationary members’” of BAP-SBP, it bestowed upon such organizations “complete, thorough and unmitigated membership,” with all its appurtenant rights. Mr. Pangilinan ignored this stipulation and insisted on a simulated “validation” procedure to eliminate the regular members submitted to FIBA who had the right to vote in the first regular election after the transition period. 27. The “validation” scheme proposed by Mr. Pangilinan and his group, which they formalized through the by-laws of SBP (not BAP-SBP), was obviously intended to decimate BAP’s representation in BAP-SBP and to remove the members who were perceived to be not supportive of the leadership of Mr. Pangilinan. In the first place, there is nothing in the Bangkok Agreement that authorized the Panel to “validate” the members in the lists submitted to FIBA by submitting their names to the Nomination and Membership Committee of SBP, in case the Panel failed to perform its task within the period given to it. 28. After the supposed validation process, the group of Mr. Pangilinan unilaterally declared that only six out of the 66 BAP members in the list submitted to FIBA qualified as active members with the right to vote and relegated 60 as either “associate members” or outright “non-members” with no voting rights. 29. Thus, in the National Congress held by Mr. Pangilinan and his group on June 12, 2008, only the following attended and voted for them as officers of BAPSBP: 1. Philippine Collegiate Champions League 2. Pinoy Basketbol, Inc. 3. Baguio-Benguet Educational athletic League 4. National Collegiate Athletic Association-South 5. Iloilo Basketball League 6. Visayas Amateur Athletic Association 7. Cagayan de Oro Basketball Federation 8. El Federacion Basketbolista de Zamboanga 9. Philippine Basketball League 10. Philippine Basketball Association 11. Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletic Association 12. Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. 13. National Athletic Association of Schools, 14. National Collegiate Athletic Association 15. University Athletic Association of the Philippines 16. Small Basketeers Philippines, Inc. 17. Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association As stated, only five of these attendees were BAP members44 and five out of the 17 above were new members45 and not in the lists submitted to FIBA. All in all, a total of 60 BAP members in the lists submitted to FIBA were disenfranchised by Mr. Pangilinan and his group. 30. In contrast, a total of 65 BAP-SBP members46 attended and participated in the election during the National Congress and Election of Officers held on June 4, 2008 by Messrs. Villafuerte, et al., pursuant to the Bangkok Agreement. These were: 1. Federation of School Sports Associations of the Philippines (FESSAP) 2. State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA) 3. Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) 4. National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA) 5. Philippine Inter-School Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (PISCUAA) 6. Colleges and Universities Sports Association (CUSA) 7. University and Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA) 8. Universities, Schools, Colleges Athletic Association (USCAA) 9. Universities, Schools, Colleges Athletic Association (USCAA-South) 10. Cebu Basketball League (CBL) 11. Cebu Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) 12. National Basketball League (NBL) 13. Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) 14. Davao basketball League (DBL) 15. Davao’s Inter-Church Basketball League (ICBL-Davao) 16. Women Basketball League-Davao (WBL-Davao) 17. Leyte Amateur Athletic Association (LAAA) 18. Western Leyte Amateur Athletic Association (WLAAA) 19. Southern Leyte Amateur Athletic Association (SLAAA) 20. Eastern Samar Amateur Athletic Association (ESAAA) 21. Northern Samar Amateur Athletic Association (NSAAA) 22. Samar Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) 23. Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA) 24. Manila Amateur Sports Association (MASA) 25. Philippine Integrated Chinese Athletic Association (PICAA) 26. Zamboanga City Sports Athletic Foundation (ZCSADF) 27. Zamboanga Basketball League (ZBL) 28. United Regional Basketball League (URBL) 29. Bicol Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (BCUAA) 30. National Collegiate Athletic Association-South (NCAA-South) 31. Region Eight Administrative League (REAL) 32. Air 21 Express Basketball Club 33. Tanduay Basketball Club (TBC) 34. Rizal Basketball League (RBL) 35. Rizal Schools, Colleges Athletic Association (RISCAA) 36. Southern Luzon Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SLCUAA) 37. Southern Tagalog Students Basketball Championship (STSBC) 38. Taguig-Pateros Private Schools Athletic Association (TPPSAA) 39. Bohol Schools Amateur Athletic Association (BSAAA) 40. Bohol Basketball Association (BBA) 41. Bohol Professional Basketball League (BPBL) 42. Santa Rosa Basketball League (SRBL) 43. Quezon Province Athletic Association (QPAA) 44. Palawan Inter-College Basketball Championship (PICBC) 45. Cavite Schools Cultural Athletic Association (CavSCAA) 46. Cavite Sports – Inter-School Basketball League (CS-ISBL) 47. Filipino Chinese Amateur Athletic Association (FCAAF) 48. Filipino Chinese Amateur Basketball Association (FICABA) 49. Panay Island Basketball Association (PIBA) 50. Baguio Benguet Amateur Basketball League (BBABL) 51. Basketball Association of Laguna (BAL) 52. Millennium Basketball League (MBL) 53. Butuan City Inter-Schools Association (BCISA) 54. Butuan Inter-Secondary School Athletic Association (BISSAA) 55. Caraga Region School and Colleges Basketball League (CRSCBL) 56. Surigao City Inter-School Basketball League (SUCISBL) 57. Biliran Amateur Athletic Association (BAAA) 58. Universities and Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan (UCAAP) 59. Baguio-Benguet Eduacational Athletic League (BBEAL) 60. Bicol Basketball League (BBL) 61. Iloilo City Schools Athletic Association (ICSAA) 62. Tiong Lian Basketball League (TLBL) 63. Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. 64. Cagayan De Oro Private School Athletic Association 65. Western Samar Amateur Athletic Association (WSAAA) 66. Zamboanga City Sports and Arts Association (ZCSAA) Violations of the Bangkok Agreement 31. As stated, Mr. Pangilinan and his group violated the Bangkok Agreement in the following manner: (a) Mr. Pangilinan refused to recognize Mr. Villafuerte as the BAP’s nominee Chairman for BAP-SBP, elected during the Unity Congress in February 2007. (b) Mr. Pangilinan and his group reneged on the clear terms of the Bangkok Agreement and disenfranchised 60 BAP members in the supposed National Congress on June 12, 2008. (c) They violated the representation ratio decreed by the Bangkok Agreement. The Board of Trustees of BAP-SBP should consist of 12 nominees of BAP and 12 nominees of PB, with Mr. Pangilinan as the 25th member, the intent being that he would remain a neutral arbiter during the transition period, which did not happen since he became interested in the position and purged the BAP-SBP of members perceived to be against his leadership. (d) Mr. Pangilinan and his group refused to amend the corporate name of SBP to “BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, Inc.” As this brief is written, the group of Mr. Pangilinan continues to publicly represent that the entity created by the Bangkok Agreement is simply “Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, Inc.” or “SBP”47 to the exclusion of BAP. Cases before the Philippine courts 32. On June 27, 2008, to avail of the remedies under Philippine law, Messrs. Villafuerte, et al. filed a Petition48 with the Regional Trial Court in Manila, docketed as Civil Case No. 08-119546, for the nullification of the June 12, 2008 elections held by Mr. Pangilinan and his group. BAP resorted to this action as it was unaware of any recourse to FIBA to nullify the actions of Mr. Pangilinan and his group. Upon due proceedings, the RTC, on September 3, 2008, issued a Decision granting the RTC Petition, ruling that: “ACCORDINGLY, finding merit in the petition, the same is hereby granted.” “The National Congress convened by the respondents is hereby declared null and void. Consequently, the election of officers at the said meeting is similarly declared to be without force and effect. “SO ORDERED.” As a result, the SBP National Congress and election on June 12, 2008 were voided and Messrs. Villafuerte, et al. were declared as the duly elected officers of BAP-SBP. 33. Mr. Pangilinan and his group refused to recognize the court’s ruling and appealed it to the Court of Appeals.52 On November 18, 2008, the appellate court ruled to reverse and set aside the RTC Decision: “WHEREFORE, the foregoing considered, the instant petition is hereby GRANTED and the assailed Decision REVERSED and SET ASIDE. Accordingly, the petition for declaration of nullity of elections file with the court a quo is hereby DISMISSED. “SO ORDERED.” 34. On April 13, 2009, Messrs. Villlafuerte, et al. appealed by certiorari to the Supreme Court. In its Resolution dated June 1, 2009,55 the Supreme Court directed Mr. Pangilinan and his group to comment on the SC Petition. To date, Messrs. Villafuerte, et al. have not received a copy of the Comment of Mr. Pangilinan and his group. 35. After the filing of the Comment, the Supreme Court may direct BAP to file a reply to the said Comment. The Supreme Court may then give due course to BAP Petition and require the parties to submit Memoranda or resolve the case on the basis of the submissions already made of record. 36. Under Philippine law, the filing of an appeal by certiorari with the Supreme Court under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court of the Philippines, stays the CA Decision and prevents it from becoming final and executory.56 This is particularly important since, as stated, the Supreme Court has acted on the SC Petition by requiring Mr. Pangilinan and his group to comment thereon. In other words, there is no definitive decision to speak of on who are the rightful officers of BAP-SBP as of this writing. The issue is still subject to the eventual resolution by the Supreme Court. However, BAP is cognizant that any ruling by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on the validity of the National Congress and the election held by SBP on June 12, 2008 will be binding only on BAP and SBP as parties to the case, but not on FIBA. Further, affianth sayeth naught. Done in City of Manila, Philippines, October 1, 2009. LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE Chairman BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES September 18, 2009
"A simple matter has damage the reputation of an entire organization." To FIBA special Commission Members and FIBA Members Through Dr. Boris Stankovic and Company Dear Sirs: My question to the members of the FIBA Special Commission is straightforward: What was the real reason for the Philippines’ suspension in July 2005 (letter attached) ? At the time, our Philippine national team was already in Malaysia but FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann didn’t permit us to play. Even Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock, the FIBA-Asia Secretary General, agreed with the suspension but it was based on Baumann’s presumption that such an act would pressure the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to reinstate the BAP as POC member. However, that is totally absurd since the BAP was expelled without any legal basis. The FIBA Secretariat’s wrong presumption resulted to the current troubles besetting the Philippine basketball federation. In my view, it was the lack of compassion and common sense on the FIBA Secretariat’s part that caused this mess. The FIBA Special Commission affirmed "SBP" as the national basketball federation in the Philippines. How can this be when it is stated in the Bangkok Agreement that the federation should be called "BAP-SBP." You stated that you based your action on the FIBA Central Board decision on March 2-3, 2007. By stating so, you have put the credibility of the FIBA Central Board to question. You know very well it was the suspension then the merger that forced the BAP to compromise otherwise the FIBA Secretariat would not lift the suspension. To refresh your memory, the Bangkok Agreement was signed on February 4, 2007 just a month before the meeting of FIBA Central Board in Madrid in 2007. Hope come you are now affirming "SBP" alone? Obviously, you know that FIBA would be violating its own General Statutes if it were called "BAP-SBP." The issue here is not about the law, policy or constitutional right. Rather it’s all about what is right. I am really disappointed that the FIBA Special Commission could not be convinced to do the right thing. Why can’t you just decide who are the legitimate elected officers on the basis of the two separate elections held in the Philippines – June 4, 2008 election of Vilafuerte-Pichay and the June 12, 2008 election of the Pangilinan group that was held without a quorum. Now, the Bangkok Agreement is in itself illegal for a merger should never have been entertained in the first place because it would violate the FIBA General Statutes. The FIBA Secretariat did the BAP wrong time and again, and will now have to face the outcome. The BAP accepted the Bangkok Agreement only because the FIBA would not lift the Philippines’ suspension if we did not agree to a merger. As I continue to question the credibility of the FIBA Secretariat, I am also left to wonder why the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), a FIBA member since 1936, is being persecuted when it has never violated any provision of the FIBA General Statutes. You may want to look at the FIBA General Statutes and see if there had been any violation committed by the BAP at any time (proof is the letter of Baumann dated August 30, 2005). I know you have been complaining of the preparation, time and money spent for the FIBA Special Commission meetings. Did you also think of the suffering you inflicted on the BAP through the last four years? If, by chance, we meet in the future, I hope you can provide the answers with utmost honesty. My battle for what is right, just and truthful continues. God bless you. Take care. Truly yours, Graham C. Lim Secretary General Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) cc. Members of FIBA Special Commission FIBA Sub-Zone Members Chinese Overseas Brotherhoods Ltd Book Archive: Conspiracy in Many Ways ... The Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (CESAFI), an association of Cebu City -based schools, may just bolt from the Manny V. Pangilinan faction of the Basketball Association of the Philippines-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (BAP-SBP) organization following the withdrawal of its representative to the SBP’s Board of Trustees. Atty. Baldomero C. Estenzo, the CESAFI nominee to the SBP’s Board ofTrustees, had sought the approval of the CESAFI Board for his decision to dissociate himself from the Pangilinan group, claiming that “in my conscience, I believe that the June 12, 2008 National Congress where I was elected was not valid for lack of quorum and a redundancy.” According to Estenzo, the CESAFI “must be a responsible stakeholder of the BAP-SBP and must align with the duly elected leadership, regardless of their personalities.” In the disputed June 12 election, Pangilinan kept his post as president of his SBP faction. Reportedly, only a minority of the bonafide 87 BAP-SBP stakeholders duly recognized by the 2007 Bangkok Agreement to vote in the organization’s first regular Board of Trustees following the one-year transitory period attended Pangilinan’s national congress. The SBP had unilaterally chosen its 19 stakeholders-voters to elect a 25-man Board. Another faction of the BAP-SBP had elected former Congressman Prospero “Butch” Pichay as President and Camarines Sur Representative Luis Villafierte as Chairman last June 4 in accordance with the provisions of the Bangkok Agreement, after Congressman Villafuerte convened the National Congress on May 17, 2008 attended to by overwhelming majority of the members of the Association wherein Congress passed a resolution calling for an election of the trustees and officers of BAP-SBP on June 4, 2008, a document that was signed by Pangilinan and officials from FIBA Asia and FIBA, including FIBA Secretary General Patrick Baumann. Estenzo said that the Pichay-Villafuerte faction is the duly elected leadership as nearly 70 BAP-SBP stakeholders attended the June 4 congress. He even cited the May 13, 2008 letter of Baumann, wherein the Membership Committee of BAP-SBP to validate the members after the transitory period and he reconfirms FIBA’s support to the duly elected leadership of the BAP-SBP on the basis of the Bangkok Agreement. Sagot natin sa SBP - REGRET BAP WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND MEETING OF THE FIBA SPECIAL COMMISSION7/27/2009 Monday, 27 July, 2009, 11:04 AM
To BAP Members, Followers and Media: Mga tunay na kasama at kaibigan, Ito lang kaya nila gamin at alam ninyo puro mali naman mga information dahil matagal na tayo mag kasama, and katotohanan hindi pwedi itago at lalabas yan. At least hindi tayo mga bakla lumaban at hindi tumatalikot lumaban at lalo na hindo tayo traidor sa mga kasama natin. From 66 members we submitted to FIBA, dumami pa tayo at simama pa sa atin ang more than 10 out of 21 members ng PB na submited to FIBA and approved by the Bangkok Agreement as Members. Kaya sila nag panic, kasi wala sila mga tunay na kasama, tunay lang na interest ang mayron sa SBP. Basta laban tayo kasi nag panic na sila at remember always, we shall prevail and the truth shall set us free. Sa libong libo natin mga kasama sa bawat regions, hindi tayo susuko at wala sa atin ang pagtaas ng white handkerchief, always on the RED, be proud of what we are, hindi mabibili ang tunay na 'Filipino heritage', kaya mga mukhang pera at walang dignidad, makikita mo nasa SBP, even priest nakihalo na, nakakahiya. Mahal natin ang Filipino at king tignan natin and mga panahan nakaraan, maganda and cultura and heritage ng Filipino, na bababoy lang ng mga corrupt businessmen, at amsasamang politiko puro alan sarili ang pakinabang. I am proud to be what I am, even the "Last Man Standing", but with you all with me, I will keep on going fighting for what is righteous. Ang inyong kapatid naglilinkot. Graham C. Lim July 18, 2009 06:34 PM Saturday
The Graham Lim we know is not perfect By: Ed Andaya KIBITZER IN a country where the favorite sport is basketball, they blame Graham Lim for every loss, every defeat in the international front. When the Cebuana Lhuillier-supported Philippine team handled by coach Boysie Zamar lost to the star-studded Paranaque Jets of Eat Bulaga mainstay Anjo Yllana, they wanted to hang him in effigy. Others wanted to hang him in person. When a little-known collegiate team filling in in the absence of the country’s top collegiate squads lost badly in the Stankovic Cup, they wanted to send him on a one-way trip to the moon or some other distant planets. But should Lim really get all the blame? Perhaps because of the coming FIBA Commission meeting in Geneva where the Philippine case will be tackled before the leaders of both the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), I received this e-mail yesterday: Dear Mr. Editor, I am a confused basketball fan. Some of my friends say that Graham Lim should be blamed for the all mess in the country’s basketball program. They say he was responsible for all the losses that the country suffered in international competitions. Please tell the truth. Is he solely to blame? Signed. Confused basketball fan Well, here’s how I answered our confused basketball fan: Dear Confused, I think your friends are all wrong. They have been affected by all the misinformation which have been circulating for some time now. They read all these unfair criticisms in the newspapers, saw them on television and heard them on the radios. They only read, watch and hear Graham Lim’s faults, but not the faults of the others. They believed what the so-called experts on the sport tell them hook, line and sinker. They only read how a financially-strapped Philippine team got mangled by better-trained, well-funded opposition. They only watch how a second-class collegiate team proud enough to represent the country and take the place of the suddenly unavailabile top collegiate teams got beaten by superior opposition. They only hear how the young but talented team assembled by sports patron Jean Henri Lhuillier and coached by Zamar lost to a rag-tag team of ex-pros and movie stars in a tune-up game before the SEA Games. But, just because our teams lost does not mean the blame should always stop on Graham’s door. Yes, Mr. Confused Basketball Fan. The blame should not go to Graham Lim alone. The entire basketball hierarchy should also get the blame. Basketball leaders should get the blame, too. The players should also be blamed. Even us, basketball fans, deserve some blame. We are all to blame. To put all the blame on one person is, to put it mildly, a cowardice act to do. Of course, we all know that Lim or any other well-meaning sports leaders for that matter, cannot accomplish anything without the support and cooperation of the entire basketball community. Without the unconditional support of these so-called leaders, Lim won’t be able assemble a competitive team which can really hold a candle in the face of strong opposition. The question now begging for an honest answer is, “Did he get support?” Can we blame him for sending a rag-tag team in international competition because he wanted to save the country from the embarrassment of being suspended by FIBA (International Basketball Confederation) for not honoring an international commitment? Can we really blame him for losing? Why, he’s not even the one mapping out the strategy on the basketball court. Well, he’s not even the one dribbling, passing, rebounding or shooting the basketball. Can we really blame him for the mess that we are all in? The Graham Lim we know is not perfect. But so are the men who are now hurling the stones of hate to the poor fellow. Give him a break. They’ve already called him names. Maligned him even. They’ve even thrown everything at him, including -- pardon the pun -- the kitchen sink. But I tell you that Graham, without any doubt, also wanted to bring honors to the country as much as we all want to. Hate losing? Whatever happened to the time-honored tradition that winning isn’t everything, that it’s all part of the game. Win some,lose some. Sincerely, Ed Andaya PS -- If they can really prove that Graham Lim is solely to blame, let me know so I can personally join in the crusade to hang him in person. For comments and suggestions, email at edandaya2003@yahoo.com July 15, 2009
Mr. Frank Elizalde International Olympic Committee Philippine representative Philsports Complex 3rd Floor Building A Meralco Avenue, Pasig City Tel # 6321254/631 5417 Dear Mr. Elizalde, How are you? I hope you are fine and in good health! Every time you speak ill of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), I am deeply saddened. I have kept my silence for so long but when you said you had absolutely no sympathy for the BAP people, I had to come out openly to question your impartiality as the IOC representative to the Philippines! Unbelievable as it may seem, the BAP has been existence for more than 70 years already. If you are only out to get me, then don’t inflict pain on the other officials of the BAP, which has thousands of active members in each of the 17 regions. That does not include hundreds of league-organizations affiliated with the BAP. It’s time that I open my mouth and tell you what is wrong with Philippine sports. Your sympathy is not needed in the BAP vs. SBP leadership feud. It’s your lack of impartiality that is the issue. Your one-sidedness against the BAP is very disappointing, coming as it is from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) representative to the Philippines. What has the BAP done to deserve this treatment from you? Since 2001, when the BAP leadership dispute first broke out, you have always sided with the group that is opposed to the BAP or its choices. Having stayed in your post for so long a time, you probably have grown old in opposing the BAP all the time. I cannot seem to understand what exactly is your agenda? Are you truly a representative of the IOC Solidarity? If so, why are you playing politics? You need not wonder why many National Sports Associations (NSAs) are in disarray today. It is because of your partiality to certain groups. In the Manila Standard Today newspaper dated June 27, 2009, you stated that "you had absolutely no sympathy for BAP people." Your confession can only mean that you are sympathizing with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) group. And having admitted that your heart beats for the SBP group, it’s now time to announce to the world that the IOC Philippine representative is partial to one group. For whatever considerations you have gotten to take this stand, may I remind you, the respectable Mr. Elizalde, that your position demands that you stay neutral until all the facts are in! Study the Bangkok Agreement – assuming that you have not done so – and do it with utmost impartiality. Mediate – I repeat, mediate – between the opposing groups in the national basketball leadership dispute. Your role as IOC representative is not to take sides. It is to settle disputes. If you play politics, you play with fire. So far, you have foolishly played with fire so much so many NSAs are burning nowadays. Take a look at what is happening with the Philippine Olympic Committee. It is inutile, no thanks to political patronage by its top officials. The squid tactics to "search and destroy" the NSAs that are not on friendly terms with the POC president have wrought havoc to Philippine sports. You, Mr. Elizalde, are also to be blamed for this mess. You and the POC have played not-so-beautiful music together for a long, long time so much so Philippine sports has gone from bad to worse . On a personal note, the respectable Mr. Elizalde, seem to have nothing but hatred for me, having verbally attacked me so many times with no justification at all. You recklessly spew venom every time you mention my name. The lack of respect is very disturbing. Your attitude can be charming yet irritating sometimes to an Asian like me. Notwithstanding that, I still have some respect left for you – probably because you remain the IOC representative until now. Many NSA officials have told me that you easily get irritated or angry at sports personalities who are opposed to your policies or decisions. To shoo them away, you get personal. Maybe you don’t like my guts. If this is true, then so be it. Every wrong in sports, particularly, basketball, you have always singled him out for blame. Worse, your first moves to strike down the BAP in 2005 have since had a domino effect as more NSAs are now encountering their own problems. You keep on bullying the BAP to favor the SBP. Yes, I understand rich people attract like magnets. But honorable men and women of principles are never influenced by material gains. I would like to believe that you belong to this group of honorable men and women. Mr. Elizalde, here’s my unsolicited advice. Move decisively without fear or favor. Look at the various NSAs. They are crying for leadership because corruption and political patronage have taken over their organizations. You and I know that the POC must never interfere in the internal affairs of an NSA. But the POC pulled the trigger before and dipped its dirty hands into the BAP problems in 2005. Now, look where the "fire" has spread. Such "divide and rule" tactics are unacceptable in Philippine sports. Look at the NSAs that are now being subjected to illegal interference by the POC. After basketball, there came the explosive disputes in swimming, archery, badminton, cycling, wushu, archery, gymnastics and billiards. The POC interference is a blatant violation of the IOC charter. This I presume you know very well. Yet, you have not done anything substantial and decisive to stop this malpractice. As the IOC representative to the Philippines, you should never tolerate such dirty tactics. Act and act swiftly, for tomorrow may be too late. Don’t patronize or support deceptive and corrupt NSA officials for they are the real villains of Philippine sports. Help clean Philippine sports and you can ride off onto the sunset with your heads high. Sincerely, Graham C. Lim Secretary-General Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) cc: BAP Members/FIBA POC/PSC/IOC National Sports Association (NSA); Manila Standard Today/ POC-PSC Media Group July 7, 2009
Mr. Deogracias "Ding" Marcelo Sports Editor Manila Bulletin Dear Ding, How are you my friend? To this day, I remember how we acted like comrades during the old Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) days when you often sang praises to the national basketball federation. However, you seem to have forgotten those good old days, judging by the vicious attacks you hurled against the BAP in your "Sportsfan" column dated June 25, 2009. In your column, you likened the BAP to a "cancer" that just would not go away. And that in an imperfect world, the bad guys can win. I presume you are referring to the BAP as the "bad guys." And the "good guys" are the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP). For thousands, if not millions, of reasons, you are now aligned with the SBP. That I understand. Of course, the SBP is doing well and its greatest achievement so far is the country’s ninth-place finish during the 2007 FIBA-Asia tournament. But tell you what, my honorable friend. You certainly have changed your colors since we were touring the globe together in a number of FIBA-sanctioned competitions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Will you ever forget how we enjoyed traveling to Athens, Greece for the 1998 World Basketball Championship, breaking bread and sharing notes during our spare time? Back then, I would not even mind if I shelled out a chunk of money for an honorable friend like you. It was just like the old times when you would also cash in a number of checks from another dear friend, Go Teng Kok, to make both ends meet (January 2007 letter is attached). That was until two years ago, when you started attacking Mr. Go and his NSA (track and field) in your newspaper. Before long, you and Mr. Go parted ways, perhaps because the grass is greener on the opposite end. Until now, Mr. Go has in his possession a letter he sent you and your bosses at the Manila Bulletin regarding payola money. A second letter of the same nature was to be sent to you and copy furnish to Dr. Emilio Yap and the others. However, somebody interfered on your behalf and requested Mr. Go not to transmit the second letter because it would be damaging to your reputation and behavior as a journalist. My honorable friend, I have the second letter in my possession. Now is the best time to send it to the entire Manila Bulletin editorial staff in my next letter to you. That way, they will better know who the real Mr. Marcelo is. Now also is the time for me to tell my side of the story to people in the sports community. Through the years, you, my honorable friend, have incessantly abused me verbally in your newspaper columns. However, not once did you afford me a chance to reply to those attacks. And all along, I thought there was more democratic space in the sports section, so much so I would be given my so-called "day in court" in the spirit of fair play. I was dead wrong. It was as if martial law had not had its closure until now. The vicious attacks against me and your unabashed public endorsement of the SBP group are blatant violations of the journalism code of ethics. There are always two sides to a story. You, my honorable friend, chose to favor one (SBP) without any semblance of objectivity and destroy the other (BAP) without any semblance of decency. The racist streak in you also pounced on my citizenship and deportation case without giving me some space in your sports section to clear my name. Your Marcosian-like one-sidedness is truly amazing, my honorable friend. It is as if the best way to defend the SBP is to malign me. I know that my replies and statements do not come out on print because you forbid them. I am afraid your bosses at the Bulletin do not really know how you run the sports section. Like the rest of the SBP spin doctors, you seek to prop up the fledgling SBP in its battle with the FIBA by conveniently striking me down with questions on my citizenship and deportation case, as if those issues have anything to do with the FIBA’s discovery of the various violations by the SBP vis-a-vis the Bangkok Agreement. That is the real issue, and not Mr. Graham Lim. Of course, the SBP had to look for a scapegoat in their current troubles and when its officials sought to put the blame on me, you could only follow for some considerations. For that, I forgive you, my honorable friend. Still, the truth shall come out in the end. And I just hope you don’t switch sides –again– when all this is over. Just remember, my honorable friend, the last laugh is always the best. God bless you and your family. Truly yours, (Original Signed) Graham C. 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