Last week, Platini was suspended for 90 days by the Ethics Committee of FIFA in relation to the unclear circumstances forwarded to the matter currently president of the International Federation of Football Associations Joseph Blatter two million Swiss francs (approx. 7.7 million zł).
– We support the right of Michel Platini to a fair trial, to be able to clean up – said Infantino after convened on Thursday in Nyon extraordinary meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee and the meeting of heads of 54 national federations in Europe.
The Committee unanimously supported Platini, as well as presidents of national federations. – UEFA has a single position. All countries in favor of Mr Platini – assured journalists the president of the Austrian federation Leo Windtner.
Infantino has called for the case to Platini could be explained by mid-November, passing through all instances: the Ethics Committee of FIFA, the Board of Appeal of FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for . Sport.
The FIFA presidential election to be held on February 26 next year. They will select the successor to Blatter, who is suspected among others to sign the 2005 FIFA disadvantageous contract with the Caribbean Football Union and many other cases of conflict with the interests of the organization, including those related to television and marketing rights. The Swiss also had to pass illegally two million Swiss francs Platini in the period between January 1999 and June 2002.
The temporary head of FIFA was last week, after the suspension of Blatter, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, since 1988 president of the African Confederation of Football . Hayatou assured that it will not apply for the post of President of FIFA.
FIFA is in crisis from the middle of this year, when before Congress in Zurich, Swiss police – in collaboration with the Americans – arrested seven prominent activists and put them allegations corruption. A few days later for another term chosen in charge of the organization since 1998. Blatter. When pressed, however, the media, opinion leaders and other activists announced that he would resign in February 2016 year.
Candidates are invited to apply by 26 October. On Thursday officially declared his candidacy for the Jordanian Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein. Earlier wish to apply for the most important position in football signaled the head of the Liberian relationship Musa Bility and former players – Brazilian Zico and Argentinean Diego Maradona.
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