December 17, 2014
Garcia takes his Hut.Foto: Reuters
The Fifa faces a shambles: On Wednesday, chief investigator Michael Garcia said frustrated his resignation after the World Association has rejected his appeal against the Eckert report. The image of Fifa will further damage
With the resignation of chief investigator Michael Garcia rocked by numerous scandals FIFA stands in front of a single pile of rubble. Frustrated and annoyed responded former US prosecutor on Wednesday at the lax handling of the Football World Association with the corruption scandal surrounding the controversial World Cup 2018 Award of Russia and 2022 to Qatar. Garcia lamented a “lack of leadership” within FIFA and directed sharp attacks against the German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert. UEFA President Michel Platini evaluated the development as “another failure” of FIFA. Ailing FIFA boss Sepp Blatter showed only “surprised” by Garcia step.
Actually came Blatter and his cabinet before starting on Thursday executive meeting in Marrakech even more in distress. For weeks, the FIFA defends vehemently against the publication of the 430-page Garcia reports on possible corruption cases around the two championship awards. Even the former DFB president Theo Zwanziger has been campaigning for a widely publicized as a member of the FIFA Executive Committee.
“No independent governance committee investigators or tribunal may change the culture of an organization. By decision of 13 November 2014 Eckert my confidence has been lost in the independence of the adjudicatory chamber, “said Garcia. He had come to the conclusion that his role was over in the process. The 53-year-old was responsible within the FIFA Ethics Committee investigation, Eckert to chair the adjudicatory chamber. Garcia moved so that the consequences of the decision of FIFA on Tuesday to reject the opposition against the American Eckert’s report.
The crisis tested Blatter gave himself combative. “I am surprised by the decision of Mr Garcia,” said the 78-year-old. “The work of the Ethics Commission will nevertheless continue and be at the center of discussions at the meeting of the executive in the next two days.” Fierce criticism of FIFA also came from Blatter’s opponent Platini. “We all wanted transparency, but this is another failure of FIFA,” said the head of the European Football Union BBC
. Garcia also argued before soccer Sizes not stop.
Garcia had potential corruption cases around the two World Cup Award investigated summarized in a 430-page report and forwarded to Eckert. The Munich judges looked after an initial review of the documents but “no serious violations” in the bidding process for the World Cups -. And earned for this assessment worldwide criticism and misunderstanding
Garcia put yet on the same day opposition to Eckert’s 42-page report in. He complained numerous incomplete and incorrect representations of facts and conclusions. The FIFA Appeal Committee under Chairman Larry Mussenden of Bermuda saw it differently and had on Tuesday rejected the appeal. The appointment was for technical reasons “inadmissible”. It had not traded in the so-called Eckert report to a “final report” by the statutes of the FIFA Code of Ethics, said the FIFA. . Thus was Eckert’s opinion, “neither legally binding nor voidable”
The fact that it comes in this Causa still a turning point, Garcia does not believe: “At least for the foreseeable future, the decision Eckert to tender for the World Cup 2018/2022 as the last word so stop. “Whether its report completely, published in part or at least the members of the FIFA Executive Committee will be made available will be decided this Thursday and Friday at the ExCo meeting.
Garcia was appointed in July 2012 as chairman of the determination chamber and immediately had initiated its large-scale investigations. Multiple of the top lawyer had postponed the release of its results at Eckert. 75 interviews were conducted in ten countries, posted 200 000. sides. The result: Before the scandal-ridden double award on December 2, 2010 in Zurich, it was very well transgressions
Garcia did not stop even before football greats such as Franz Beckenbauer.. The “Kaiser” had been temporarily suspended from all functions even in football. After Garcia’s resignation, the Ethics Commission seems more than ever being called into question. The credibility of FIFA is already heavily damaged. (AP)
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