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F.I.A.
Head
Office
GENEVA-Switzerland
Fax:
0041 22 544 44 50
Dear Sirs,
RE:
WRC
Further to the letter sent to you on 3.3.2003, in which you were fully
informed about the happenings in the Cyprus national motorsport, we would like
to denounce the newest C.A.A. hostile behaviour
towards the Cyprus Motorsport’ athletes -members of the Cyprus Motorsport
Federation- to deny them the participation in the forthcoming Cyprus Rally 2003 taking place in June.
Over the past 30 years, the Cyprus Automobile Association (C.A.A.) exercised the control of Motorsport in Cyprus in
the most unacceptable and unusual ways, thus succeeding in bringing the
national state of the sport at the lowest ever levels.
The Cypriot participants refuse to accept any longer their exploitation
by a team of people who, due to personal benefits and in the name of F.I.A., have violated all the Laws and Regulations of the
Cyprus Sport Organisation (C.S.O.)- the highest
Sporting Authority in Cyprus- and consequently those of the Republic of Cyprus,
against the Cyprus Motorsport Federation- a Body formed by the five regional
automobile Clubs, duly approved by the C.S.O., with
more than 400 members- which is the only legally recognised and authorised
Member-Entity of the Cyprus Sport Organisation.
The C.A.A. has misled a lot of people
including the Cyprus Government as well as the F.I.A.
in keeping from them the seriousness of all happenings, especially during the
last three years, at the expense of the
The Cyprus Rally was built not only by the C.A.A.
but by the Cyprus Regional Clubs/Associations also, which supported in full the
C.A.A., all these years, as well as the Government of
Cyprus and thus succeeded to the
recognition as an international event, projecting Cyprus to the World and thus
bringing wealth and fame to Cyprus.
Indeed, for all of us it was a dream that became a reality. At the time,
however, it became a private business by C.A.A., at
our expense, we all have decided to take measures for
cancellation of the event in June 2003.
We do not fight the ‘Cyprus Rally’, which we all love so much, but the
‘Cyprus Rally’ that the C.A.A. has created.
We are fully aware of the consequences of our actions against the Cyprus
Rally, including the fact that our country will be affected badly, but all this
can be avoided if all the legal rights of our members are established.
The Cyprus Rally, which is organized by the C.A.A.,
is not the rally that we all expected.
It is the obligation of all of us, including the Cyprus Government and
the Cyprus Sport Organisation, to take such dynamic measures in resolving this
problem and cession all legal rights to the Club-Members of the Cyprus
Motorsport Federation and their athletes and to clearly indicate the limitations
of the C.A.A. giving an end to their hostile
behaviour towards us.
Concluding, we would like to inform you of our decisiveness to forbid
the C.A.A. to continue acting arbitrarily and we are
expecting from you, to understand our position by taking such immediate
steps which would prevent the cancellation of the ‘Cyprus Rally’.
Awaiting your prompt response,
Limassol Autoclub
Larnaca Automobile
Association
Paphos Automobile
Association