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In reply to the discussion: Fifa: Sepp Blatter to quit as president amid corruption scandal [View all]Bosonic
(3,746 posts)12. Sepp Blatter, Under Investigation, to Resign as FIFA President
Sepp Blatter, Under Investigation, to Resign as FIFA President
Sepp Blatter, who was re-elected last week for a fifth term as president of world soccers governing body, resigned his position Tuesday as law enforcement officials confirmed that he was a focus of a federal corruption investigation.
Mr. Blatter had for days tried to distance himself from the controversy, but several United States officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that in their efforts to build a case against Mr. Blatter they were hoping to win the cooperation of some of the FIFA officials now under indictment and work their way up the organization.
In a short speech delivered at the headquarters of FIFA, which oversees global soccer, Mr. Blatter said that FIFA needs a profound restructuring and that he had decided to step away from the organization for which he had worked in various positions for 40 years. Mr. Blatter, 79, who spoke in French, then referred to his recent re-election by FIFAs 209 member nations when he said, Although the members of FIFA have given me the new mandate, this mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football.
Mr. Blatters resignation is not immediate; according to Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of FIFAs audit and compliance committee, who spoke to the news media after Mr. Blatter, a special meeting of FIFAs member nations will be called to elect a new president. According to FIFAs rules, there must be at least four months notice given to members for such a meeting, so Mr. Scala indicated that the likely window for a new election is from December 2015 to March 2016.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/sports/soccer/sepp-blatter-to-resign-as-fifa-president.html?smid=tw-bna
Sepp Blatter, who was re-elected last week for a fifth term as president of world soccers governing body, resigned his position Tuesday as law enforcement officials confirmed that he was a focus of a federal corruption investigation.
Mr. Blatter had for days tried to distance himself from the controversy, but several United States officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that in their efforts to build a case against Mr. Blatter they were hoping to win the cooperation of some of the FIFA officials now under indictment and work their way up the organization.
In a short speech delivered at the headquarters of FIFA, which oversees global soccer, Mr. Blatter said that FIFA needs a profound restructuring and that he had decided to step away from the organization for which he had worked in various positions for 40 years. Mr. Blatter, 79, who spoke in French, then referred to his recent re-election by FIFAs 209 member nations when he said, Although the members of FIFA have given me the new mandate, this mandate does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football.
Mr. Blatters resignation is not immediate; according to Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of FIFAs audit and compliance committee, who spoke to the news media after Mr. Blatter, a special meeting of FIFAs member nations will be called to elect a new president. According to FIFAs rules, there must be at least four months notice given to members for such a meeting, so Mr. Scala indicated that the likely window for a new election is from December 2015 to March 2016.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/03/sports/soccer/sepp-blatter-to-resign-as-fifa-president.html?smid=tw-bna
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OK, now can we go after the fraud in the US Banking System...you know, our own back yard?
libdem4life
Jun 2015
#2
Card is still OK for personal use...just no one can legally sell it. Heard the Feds had started up
libdem4life
Jun 2015
#20
Maybe a toke would be in order? I'm not the one that commandeered the thread, BTW.
libdem4life
Jun 2015
#34
To be precise, our banking fraud has done more on all continents than any...countries are currently
libdem4life
Jun 2015
#30