Members of the federation States in the vote (183-16) decided that the right to choose the head of FIFA will be all countries, including Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe , Montserrat and South Sudan. Their participation was in doubt due to the regular record for appearances representation of the different member associations in competitions under the auspices of FIFA; in the last four years was to be their at least two.
The secretary-general Jerome Valcke international federation, who attended Friday’s opening of the congress, said that a special case is South Sudan, as joined FIFA in 2012.
Four years ago, when he once again won Sepp Blatter received 186 to 203 possible votes. He had then rival.
From the very beginning of deliberations Friday, two Palestinian activists disrupted, swinging his country’s flag that at the request of Blatter have been derived by security guards. Earlier, during his speech called for the unification of Swiss football world. – We are here to solve problems that are originated. It may not be easy, but after this we all gathered – said Blatter.
Poland is represented by the president of the Polish Football Association Zbigniew Boniek.
The Congress takes place just two days after the arrest of a group of high-ranking FIFA activists. To detentions occurred in one of the hotels in Zurich. They are accused of, among others, corruption on a massive scale.
Blatter chaired an international federation since 1998.
FIFA have announced that whatever the outcome of Friday’s election that day press conference with the winner. On the questions of journalists will be answered on Saturday, after a morning meeting of the newly created Executive Committee.
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