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Accused of maintaining the ills of the Federations, the National Director of Sports reacts – Guinéenews ©

Thursday, December 30, during a press conference, the spokesperson for the Guinean Boxing Federation wanted to be direct: ” the problems in Guinean sport are the National Sports Directorate. In the face of crises, she is not impartial. ” The boxing coach even went so far as to appoint the national director of sports, Lansana Kabassan Keita, who would support the other head of the Federation led by Colonel Moussa Moïse Keita. After the press conference, Guinéenews made Lansana Kabassan Keita react to these accusations by Tanta Diallo.

« They can say whatever they want, they can even go and ask for my dismissal, but I have nothing to be ashamed of », Replied the national director of sports, Lansana Kabassan Keita. And to continue: “I don’t know racism. And there is no racism in sport. They say that I support Moussa Keita because they are Peulhs. However, you know, in basketball, I do not support Sakoba who is as Keita as me. Everyone knows my position in relation to basketball. If I defended Moussa Keita, I was going to defend Sakoba Keita. To say that I defend Colonel Moussa because he is Keïta, the debate is moved elsewhere. ”

When Camp Tanta says the Guinean Boxing Federation has been suspended since 2018, Lansana Kabassan Keita asks for evidence. He adds: “When we suspend a federation, we send official documents. And this document is not addressed to one person. The gateway for international federations to a country is the Olympic Committee. So call the Olympic Committee to ask if they have received any document from AIBA suspending the Guinean Boxing Federation. I tell them: ‘tell those who tell you you’re legal send the document to the Olympic Committee ”. But they always sent me photocopies. The second thing is that the son of the current minister Lansana Béa Diallo took part in the qualifiers for the Olympic Games spent under the colors of Guinea. And it was Moussa Moise who was there (in the qualifiers for the Olympic Games in Dakar) with his men. It is said that Guinea has been suspended since 2018, or Guinean boxers participated in the African Games which took place in 2019 in Morocco. A year before, Guinea participated in the African Youth Games in Algeria. And it is this same federation that was there. ”

Kabassan even went as far as the “genesis” of things. Thereupon he said: ” Amadou Tanta who speaks today, he was in Moïse’s team in 2015. He was the coach at the African Games in Algeria. Until 2017 or 2018, he was there. Mr. Sow who speaks was in the same team. They were the ones who waged war on others. They were the commanders on the ground. Usually in boxing, when someone is suspended, they serve their sanction or leave. Today, they talk a lot because they have an Amadou Tanta who speaks good French, who is racist to the bone because he sees Mr. Kabassan Keita face to face. He can be racist towards me, but he knows what I brought him… Sunday, there was a boxing gala organized by an NGO. Malian boxers were there. Are they recognized by the Malian Sports Federation or not? I do not know. What remains clear was a sports competition organized by an NGO and I went there with the Minister. But, we do not see the minister, we only see Kabassan. On the other hand, when Prime Minister Kassory Fofana went to basketball, I did not go. Because everyone knows my position. But there, nobody says that Sakoba is Keita like me… ”

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