ACF president suspended from office for 15 months

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI) has suspended the President of the Afghanistan Cycling Federation (ACF) Fazli Ahmad Fazli for a period of 15 months from all cycling-related activities for abuse of power, a statement said on Thursday.

The UCI Ethics Commission has found that the President of the Afghanistan Cycling Federation had, on several occasions, sent messages to members of the Afghan cycling community which were deemed to be in breach of Articles 5, 6.4 and 2.1 of Annex 1 of the UCI Code of Ethics due to their abusive and/or threatening nature, and the fact that he therefore abused his position.

In the case involving the President of the Afghanistan Cycling Federation, Mr Fazli Ahmad Fazli, the UCI Ethics Commission has decided to impose a period of suspension from all cycling-related activities for a period of 15 months, as from notification of the operative part of the decision.