Efforts are being made to convene an Extraordinary Congress of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) later this month in Jamaica.
The CFU has been thrown into a state of turmoil, following the resignations and suspensions of several high-profile members as part of the fallout from the cash-for-votes bribery scandal that erupted last May.
Harold Taylor, a former general secretary of the CFU for close to two decades, and one of the leading candidates to replace compatriot Jack Warner as president, circulated a letter to member associations urging them to convene the Congress in Jamaica.
Taylor contended that the appointment of President of the Haitian Football Federation Yves Jean Bart as acting president of the CFU was null, void and of no effect in that it was not done in accordance with the Constitution.
"The purported postponement of the November 20, 2011, Extraordinary Congress in Montego Bay, Jamaica, is null, void and of no effect because the truncated Executive Committee lacked the ability to legitimately postpone the Extraordinary Congress for want of a quorum," told members in a letter, a copy of which was obtained by the CMC Sports Wire.
"The validity of the decision to hold the Extraordinary Congress on September 8, 2011 can be upheld," he said.
"Accordingly, the Extraordinary Congress called for November 20 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, can and should proceed as determined."
Taylor said the issue of finance to cover the cost of staging the Congress was moot, after a sponsor has agreed to fund the meeting. He did not disclose from where the funding was coming.
"As for the issue of financing the cost of the Extraordinary Congress, you will recall it was the initial position that the Union would cover the cost of accommodation and meals and members would pay their own airfare," he said.
"However, the Secretariat later advised that FIFA, on Captain Horace Burrell's request, agreed to cover the full costs including airfare."
Taylor said: "Based on the leadership paralysis that has affected the CFU, if the offer from FIFA has been withdrawn, we can revert to the initial arrangement.
"A sponsor has been sourced to cover the cost of hotel accommodation and related expenses in Jamaica. Members would only have to pay the cost of their individual airfare, as was the initial and normal arrangement."
Taylor closed by asking members for a firm commitment to holding the Extraordinary Congress as planned.