February 26, the capital of Switzerland Zurich at the Extraordinary Congress of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) will elect the president of the organization. “Times” announces the event, presenting the candidates, and predicts the outcome.
Background
May 29, 2015 the Swiss Joseph Blatter, head of FIFA since 1998, was re-elected for another term, winning the fight with Jordan’s Prince Ali bin al-Hussein. In the first round of the European functionary is not enough to win seven votes, but his main rival, withdrew his candidacy from the second, because he understands that there is no chance of success.
However, Blatter’s joy was short-lived. The elections were held against a background of fierce precisely in those days a corruption scandal in FIFA, as well as arrests of high-ranking officials of the organization. <-! place 7987811, /> sport / 2015/12/23 / a_7987811.shtml, article / incut, incut1_link ->
June 2 Blatter announced he would leave the post of president, since “does not feel the confidence of the football world».
In spite of public pressure, new elections have been appointed only for the end of February 2016, but its powers to the Swiss had to fold earlier .
He became a member of the corruption cases and as a result was first suspended from football for 90 days and then suspended for eight years. Later disqualification was reduced to six years.
Similarly punished and subjected to French UEFA president Michel Platini, who was considered the main favorite of the race for the presidency of FIFA. Blame was the payment of 2 million Swiss francs, which Blatter turned against Platini, guided by their verbal agreement.
An oral agreement is sufficient justification in terms of Swiss law, but the issue of officials was that the payment was made only in 2011, while working Platini carried out in 1999 -2001 years.
FIFA ethics committee did not find sufficient reasons for the delay and severely punish the two most prominent functionaries of world football.
Favorites
five candidates will participate in the upcoming elections, but seriously for the presidency claimed, according to various estimates, two or three.
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, to impose sufficiently serious fight Blatter at the Congress in May 2015, once again running for the post, though this time appears in the third, not the second position “exit polls”.
A member of the Jordanian royal family has a solid reputation and is a FIFA vice-president with 35 years. His vast fortune is considered a “safety cushion” in the issue of corruption: money Prince Ali is simply not needed.
He expects to clear the FIFA name and one of the points of his program is to expand the World Cup to 36 teams.
However, the more serious look the chances of another representative of Asia, this part of the President’s football confederation light of Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa.
Another candidate of the rich Arab countries, which is not at the same time a member of the royal family of Bahrain and the Asian Football Confederation is headed in 2013. In addition, Sheikh Salman, as it is called the world, is the deputy chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. <-! place 7982423, /> sport / 2015/12/21 / a_7982423.shtml, article / incut, incut2_link ->
For the Sheikh Salman support most of Asia and most of all, Africa that He makes his bid for victory is very significant. He was older and more experienced Prince Ali that entices many federations in his favor, but against Bahrainis says the scandal in his past, when in 2011 in his native country were tortured some athletes with democratic outlook on life.
But the name of the Secretary General Gianni Infantino implicated in scandals has never been. The entire football world knows him in the face, because it is a Swiss skinhead smiling holds all the draw of European Football Union.
This activity is not limited to functionary. Infantino – right-hand man and protege Platini, and besides, it is one of the main ideologists and writers of financial fair play.
It is between Infantino, which enjoys the full support of Europe, and Sheikh Salman and should turn the main struggle. Much depends on the federations of votes that have not yet decided and will do it only today.
Crowd
In the elections will participate two more candidates, but their chances of initially treated as minor. 62-year-old South African FIFA President Adviser on Combating Racism Tokyo Sexwale main task see … “show racism the red card”.
Caucasian Jerome Champagne, is not engaged in at the moment positions in football, but who had worked with Blatter and Platini threatens to take away the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to introduce a mandatory videopovtory order, as well as orange cards.
Forecast “Gazety.Ru»
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In the absence of Michel Platini, who would be the clear favorite in the race for the presidency, the voting is unlikely to avoid a runoff. Around it appears that it will include Sheikh Salman and Gianni Infantino.
Predict the outcome of the struggle for the seat of the second round quite difficult, but all the same it is a European candidate who, by the way, promises to expand the World Cup to 40 teams and hold it at the same time different countries, has a slight advantage.
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