Lisbon – Luis Figo also withdrew his candidacy for the office of FIFA President on 29 May. The former football star from Portugal said Thursday in a statement his personal decision. He still stand by his ideas and his desire 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 his statement that he on his Facebook- published page. He criticized the electoral process as a vote for the power of a single man – “something I’m not willing to participate,”
So only incumbent Joseph Blatter and the Jordanians remain Prince Ali Hussein left for the election.. The Dutchman Michael van Praag had also announced his resignation on a candidacy for the top of the football world governing body on Thursday.
Working suffering in Qatar remains the site of world football
Just before the 65th FIFA applying Congress on 29 May, the President Joseph S. Blatter as a kind Zürcher Krönungsmesse intends remember Amnesty International and major sponsors of the World Football Federation on the situation of migrant workers on construction sites for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The were “farther from the mercy of sponsors and employers dependent” criticizes Amnesty. More than a year after the announced reforms disappear “the hopes of real progress rapidly”
The measures described by the Labour and Social Affairs of Qatar -. Introduction of an electronic wage payment system, thousands of construction site inspections and the construction of new workers’ accommodation with ” highest standards “- Amnesty denounces as pure PR. “We expect that the Fifa these problems continue seriously and working towards further progress”, had announced Coca-Cola. (Sid, APA, red, 21/05/2015)
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