
The Skopje club is in a chaotic situation, after it was officially announced that all club activities have been frozen. The announcement was published on the official website of KF Skopje, confirming the temporary suspension of activity.
According to published information, the reason for this decision is the choice of the club's owner, Jasin Konjali, to entrust the management to Bekim Baftijari. This development has prompted numerous reactions among the fans and the club's sports community.
The decision to suspend activities was made by the so-called "Council for the Salvation and Restoration of the Honesty, Dignity and Identity of the Skopje Football Club", a structure created as an initiative of fans, who express concerns about the current direction and future of the club.
There are currently no additional details on how long this situation will last and what the next steps will be, while it is expected that the parties involved will come up with clearer positions in the coming days.
Skopje announcement:
WE CANCEL ALL ACTIVITIES
Dear friends, from the very beginning when we took over the organization of the team, you have all witnessed that we have been transparent in every phase of our actions. For every decision we have made and every work we have done, we have consulted with our supporters and experts in that field of action.
On Wednesday, on the eve of the friendly match with KF Arsimi, we received a call from Mr. Bekim Baftijari informing us that he had taken ownership of the club. During the friendly match with KF Arsimi, we all witnessed a photo being distributed by the former president and owner of the club, Jasin Konjali, congratulating Mr. Bekim on his ownership of the club. From that moment on, we received many calls from our members and supporters expressing their concern, quite rightly so. During the match, Mr. Bekim came to the stadium showing us the authorization he had received from the former president.
The authorization includes representation on behalf of the club before institutions but not proof of transfer of shares and ownership. Florim Muça and other executive directors have had that type of authorization in the past. According to the authorization, Mr. Bekimi is a “person authorized by the former president” and not the owner. The former president can change that decision at any time and put someone else in that position.
We had a meeting with the "person authorized by the former president" last week and we agreed that all decisions would be made jointly. We have requested him several times and for various reasons he did not appear until the moment when he had the authorization in his hand.
Of course, learned and burned by the past with different "owners" and "directors", we also have our doubts and are concerned about the future of the club's functioning.
Even after the publication of the photo by the former president and the presentation of the authorization, we had another meeting and asked him how he plans to function in the future. We did not receive a concrete answer about the plans but only a general answer “all of us together”. Words are one thing while deeds show something else. We consider the actions and activities of the “person authorized by the former president” in the past period on social networks as well as some actions as a lack of transparency towards us. His philosophy and way of thinking and acting contradicts our philosophy and way of thinking and acting. For these reasons, we have asked him to sign an agreement on the forms of cooperation in the future.
We have a responsibility to our supporters as well as to all those with whom we have established a genuine cooperation. We have been building a system of work organization and we do not want any of our names to be involved in activities for which we do not know what the direction and purpose of those activities are.
We have managed to restore harmony and mood within the team with great effort, and it was shattered for a moment with some unexpected moves. We also have a responsibility to the players and the technical staff. They have been confused about their future.
We believe that this authorization is another game and an attempt by former president Jasin Konjali to buy time and not hand over the club to those who belong to you, the CITIZENS OF SKOPJE. Not coincidentally, this comes a few days before the start of the spring season. Therefore, as the “Council for the rescue and restoration of the honesty, dignity and identity of the Skopje Football Club” until a written agreement is reached between us and the “person authorized by the former president”, WE CANCEL ALL OUR ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE CLUB, while we wish the “person authorized by the former president” good luck and good work in saving the club from the worst.
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