Will not start: Luis Figo
After two waivers within a few hours Joseph Blatter has only one opponent in his probable re-election as president of world football governing body FIFA. While the Dutchman Michael van Praag eight days before the vote at the FIFA Congress in Zurich his decision with the co-operation for the last remaining Blatter challenger Prince Ali bin al-Hussein established, practiced the former international star Luis Figo, the evening its withdrawal announced sharp criticism of the incumbent.
He still stand by his ideas and his request that Fifa actively to renew “and I am at your disposal, if you can prove to me that we do not live under a dictatorship,” Figo said in a long statement that the 42 years old; Portuguese published on his Facebook page. He criticized the electoral process as a vote for the power of a single man – “join something that I’m not ready”
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In the past few months he had not only the desire for change felt in his travels. He had experienced incidents around the world, “which should shame everyone who wants to be free, clean and democratic”. His decision was made, “I am not available for what is called an election of the FIFA President,” said Figo.
The announcement comes just hours after Figo van Praag had declared his resignation. With its support for Prince Ali bin al-Hussein wants van Praag prevent a fifth term of office of the highly controversial Blatter yet.
© AFP Has almost no opponents: Joseph Blatter
Has almost no opponents: Joseph Blatter
“After careful consideration and reflection with several parties, Michael van Praag has decided to withdraw his candidacy for the FIFA presidency and to join forces with presidential candidate Prince Ali Hussein,” it said in a press release of the campaign team of the Dutch Association of Chefs on Thursday.
So far, the applicants had stressed all their autonomy. Nevertheless, it was generally assumed that there would be the strategy Blatter’s opponents, not to stand at the end with a trio and thereby mutually take away votes. Figo was anyway just as a prank candidate in a first ballot, as the European associations have now probably behind Prince Ali al-Hussein will unite.
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Select the 209 FIFA member countries the new boss on Friday of next week. A repeated but victory Blatter applies in view of the support of the Swiss from Africa and Asia seems almost certain – regardless of all the personnel decisions of its competitors. Ultimately, it will go for this only aim is to get as many votes in order to weaken the position of the 79 years old incumbent symbolically. Apparently familiar coalition of Blatter’s opponents rather to Prince Ali, to achieve this minimum target.
Van Praag is considered one of the most prominent critics Blatter: Before the FIFA Congress 2014 in Sao Paulo, he had taken the floor at a meeting of the European Association Uefa and prompted the Swiss present in the room to retreat. This Blatter had later called worst snub in his functionary career. The 67-year-old van Praag would serve only one term as Fifa boss to initiate a renewal of the scandal-ridden world federation. The Fifa he had called bastion of “disarray”, the “constantly under suspicion of conflict of interest, nepotism and corruption” would be.
Van Praag, the Blatter despite all the criticism, after all, wanted to incorporate as a consultant in its management team, was also a candidate of the German Football Association. President Wolfgang Niersbach had called his colleagues from the UEFA Executive Committee as absolutely suitable. Nevertheless, the DFB had not yet want to define public on a favorite since the now occurred retreat had not been ruled out.
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