 Okay, we've just under a month to go before the January 14th Jamaica Football Federation elections. Raymond Anderson and his real solid action team launched their manifesto yesterday. And Lenny Aldred has that report. Shoss is essential for the efficient running of any venture. The JVV is no exception of this world. Trust loss is often hard to restore. A promise of trust, transparency and rebranding. The foundations that Jamaica Football Federation presidential candidate Raymond Anderson presented in his 26-page manifesto. The manifesto launch was held Thursday evening at the Cortley Hotel Suite in New Kingston. Outlined are eight key areas that his team will focus on if elected, rebranding, youth development, local elite squad, restoring financial stability, women's football, regaining stakeholders trust, infrastructure and qualifications. But what will be his starting point if given the nod at the polls? We want more football to play, wider cross-section of Jamaica. So we'll identify the areas that need a small amount of finance and start to build the field. And that is the beginning of us. We will start to build the field. And if you remember they said Raymond the biller, we will start to build the field. Anderson stated that there are still concerns surrounding pillar three ahead of the January 14 election date. They said no, it's not cleared up because legally we have to, we have been dealing with a lot of things because we believe that some of them people are not being honest and clearing our mind that people signing people name, that those things are not honest. So we know what we are going up against, but we are equal to the task and the honest side. So what we're doing now from the real solid action team are the new game plan. We want to ensure that we get to the voters. We want to tell them more about our manifesto. We want to try to ask them to give us a chance. The real solid action slate was also introduced. Anderson, presidential candidate is a vice president of the current administration. Vying for the four vice president posts are Keith Wellington, president of the inter-secondary school sports association ISSA and principal of St. Elizabeth Technical High School. When I was approached and I've been approached by multiple persons from different camps, my mindset is that I'm willing to assist in whatever way. This is not something personal for me. So it's more of my commitment to help with the development of our youngsters. Having been asked, I only had some parameters as to how I would get involved. One of the things that I said was that I want to get involved, but I'm not going to be involved in any sort of big campaign and mud slinging or anything like that to prove that I am a better candidate than another one. So it wasn't that difficult decision, but I believe that it is the right decision. I think that where we are as a country and where football is concerned, we need a change of route and I think that if there is an option available, then I should support it. Orville Powell, businessman and former owner of JPL Outfit Montego Bay United. It's change. Seeing how you sit and you listen to what that change is all about. I think I've never heard such arguments from the now administration. We need change and we complain that we need change for the past couple of years and when the opportunity came up, now to do change, we have people all over the place. And also, to me, it's just for change. Jacqueline Cummings-Martin, attorney at law and former member of the JFF Disciplinary Committee and Donald Beckford, president of the St. Anne FA and general secretary of Mount Pleasant Academy. The ordinary directors are Carol Beckford, media specialist in marketing and public relations and Wycliffe Dave Cameron, business consultant and former president of Cricket West Indies. 56 votes, please. Help us to help you. History will be very unkind to you if you don't really get this RSA team in office. Thank you. This is a gripping and riveting buildup to the January 14 elections, Ricardo, because Ricket seems confident, even though based on the jostling that we are seeing, he's trying to ensure that he has his support in place because he recognizes that there is a serious challenge coming from real solid action. Yeah, and the real solid action team in recent weeks, Lance, has accused the Jamaica Football Federation of trying to pervert the outcome of the upcoming elections. And you heard Raymond Anderson speak to the issues relating to pillar three with new associations being formed and given the nod to vote over existing associations. As far as I understand it, the real solid action team has written to the elections committee, and I suspect are awaiting responses now. The nominations are in, and I guess we'll just have to see what happens in the buildup to January 14. It is being inferred from the real solid action team that they could go legal on challenging some of the moves that the current Jamaica Football Federation has made here, even though you'd have to step carefully on that because based on the FIFA statutes, going the legal route and trying to overturn decisions that are made from a football administration standpoint could sometimes run afoul of FIFA statutes. So I think Raymond Anderson and his team are moving carefully because they recognize that not always, even if you feel you have a strong case, it is a good idea to go legal. Well, I think it starts with the electoral committee and then from what they said at a recent press conference, they're also working closely or trying as much as possible to keep CFU, CONCACAF in the loop. And if they have to go all the way to FIFA, I think they are willing to do that. But it does start with the electoral committee and depending on the ruling from the electoral committee, then I think they'll have a better understanding of where they go from there. But they feel that they have won a solid case and they have the evidence, the backup, the accusations that they have put forward. And we know the story quite well, Lance, because we've been covering this for a couple of months now in terms of what's been happening with the different pillars and specifically pillar three with a number of the organizations like Beach Soccer vs. Beach Football and organizations... Coach's Association is another one of the key ones, yeah. ...as well is another one of them. And those associations in some instances formed after what was to be the deadline for existing bodies and so on. So a lot to be worked out and you are right, you use the correct words, Lance, in terms of riveting... Yes. ...build up to the election, because it really is. Yeah, one of the things that I find striking about sports administration and I think this goes for elections generally, not only in sport but even national elections where there are so many diverse views as to the performance of the standing body, in the case of the national elections, the government and in this case the performance of the Jamaica Football Federation because about six or seven weeks ago on a local TV interview with, I think it was TVJ, Michael Ricketts, his narrative was one of confidence that he didn't feel threatened by Raymond Anderson because his performance as the JFF president over the years speaks for itself. So his point was that based on his performance I think we just had a bit of a stutter there but he seems confident that based on his track record as a president there shouldn't be any threat, which I find striking because most people don't think that his track record is good but he is suggesting that based on his track record he doesn't feel threatened for the presidency. Yeah, and he said that as well when we spoke to him here on the Sports Mag Zone, Michael Ricketts and I think we had the conversation as well that it depends on the lens that you're looking through that may determine where you stand on a matter like that. He is for example extremely confident that he has most of the parish associations, I think he quoted 18 of the votes coming from the parish associations that would give him a massive edge and if Raymond Anderson is unable to capitalise on those pillar three votes that many expected him to dominate then Ricketts may well be the favourite. I guess you could call this one race to 29. 29 plus 27 is 56, right? So yes, you need 29 votes to be the Jamaica Football Federation president and we'll see how it goes but I think so much more to happen in the build-up to this election. Another angle that I'm looking at closely to Ricardo is the fact that the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association who has a caustic relationship with the Jamaica Football Federation is actually backing Raymond Anderson and I think from a parish perspective there is, I would suspect, a fear coming from parishes outside of Kingston and St Andrew that there had been so many decades of Kingston and St Andrew dominance of football, administration and everything football in Jamaica that I see Ricketts using that as a tool that he could use to strengthen his parish support because he's going to tell the parish delegates that you know what, Raymond Anderson wants to make Casafa powerful again, the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association and I can tell you outside of Kingston and St Andrew that nobody wants Casafa to become dominant because they're only a part of Jamaica and we know the historical record of countries of parishes. Well, the rural area feeling that the city area is always pushed and always gets preferences and I think Anderson will have to work hard to convince the parish affiliates that although he's embracing the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association he is in no way trying to suggest that the other parishes will fall into the background because Casafa is so powerful. Yeah, and I hear you, Lance, but I believe that the current president really does have most of the parish associations already and I don't suspect that is going to change so I think who wins the selection really does come down to pillars two and three, pillar two being the clubs at the top level on both the men's and women's side and then the affiliates like the Intersecondary Schools Sports Association and so on in pillar three and so what it also means is that it comes down to the final decisions that are made in terms of who gets the vote in pillar three and at this stage I am not sure if anyone really knows where the pillar two votes are going to be going so I think that's where the outcome of this election lies in really pillars two and three because I think for the most part Michael Ricketts will have majority of the pillar one support which is the parish association. Outside of St Anne. Yeah, which is why I say most because clearly there are a few maybe you'll see like St Thomas you pointed out St Anne maybe Portland who knows who may go the way of Raymond Anderson but I think majority of them will go the way of Michael Ricketts and that pillars two and three then become extremely important and to be honest is probably where Raymond Anderson can turn this election in his favor but there is clearly still a lot of work to be done on both ends on the end of Michael Ricketts and also on the end of Raymond Anderson. Yeah, I think you're right that it's very hard to predict this election I'm not sure where it will go I'm on record on this show suggesting that if I were to rate the performance of Mike Ricketts administration as the Jamaica Football Federation boss I'd score them one out of ten and I'm serious about it. I know you're serious is what makes it funny. My problem is that I'm not sure if Anderson's group will be any better than one out of ten because I think there is a crisis of leadership in Caribbean sport generally speaking and I think the Jamaica Football Federation needs an upgrade and most of the narrative that we got in that Lenny Aldred report use the word change and I'm encouraged by that because what we are seeing as football administration in the past cycles to me represents failure and represents a lack of vision in taking the sport forward and as I said there's no guarantee that if Ricketts loses the performance of the administration of football in the country will be any better than Ricketts is I just know that Ricketts hasn't done a good job and it is unfortunate that we don't have a situation where you can have confidence that you vote Ricketts out and be sure that the new team will perform significantly better than Ricketts has. Yeah I think there is just so much more to say in the build up to this election but I also think we have a lot of time to say a lot of those things maybe not today but for sure another day.