Could an extraordinary general meeting convened purposely to discuss the actual situation of a club be deprived of passing a vote of no confidence in the committee?

This is what happened on Monday, 25 April at St Joseph Band Club, Hamrun.

After evading various questions pertaining to the present situation of the club, including the financial position, a vote of no confidence in the present committee was proposed and seconded. The club’s president, Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco, twice decreed that the resolution for a no confidence vote was out of order and that the meeting had come to an end.

Was the president correct in his approach when the meeting was requested by a number of members to specifically discuss the present pathetic situation of the club?

Louis Cuschieri

HAMRUN