Risky vicinity. Wolfgang Niersbach (left) and Michel Platini
Michel Platini has lived since his suspension on Thursday – just like Joseph Blatter – in footballing no man’s land. He is allowed to enter no official stadium for at least 90 days. He must not send e-mail through the server of the European Football Union (UEFA). He may go to any phone with a Uefa number. And other soccer officials may also not talk with him about football issues.
Author: Evi Simeoni, Sports Editor
Also, do not be declared friend Wolfgang Niersbach, the President of German Football Association (DFB). An official who does so, risking their own punishment by the ethics committee of the world football association (FIFA). And that has its meaning: According to Article 83 of the Code of Ethics of the World Federation of the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee may impose suspension as a “precautionary measure”, for “preventing the impairment of the truth”. So this is a kind of pre-trial detention, which precedes an ordinary procedure.
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The Uefa into dubious loyalty to the present in association legal “custody” Platini still officially as its president – and has the 60-year-old former football star pledged their full support. The fight for the candidacy for the office of FIFA President must Platini but now lead on a communicative Parallel System. The French sports minister Patrick Kanner, who strengthened him immediately after the suspension back, can indeed talk to him even on sensitive issues, because it is not a football functionary.
But even the South American confederation Conmebol which further supports his campaign and is now demanding the lifting of the suspension, should receive no official contact with him according to the rules. Niersbach, who has hitherto always jumped for Platini into the breach, “cher ami” calls him his and yet it in the past few days – albeit in a moderate way – has defended, not even
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Platini should not obscure the things
Still, he called to Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Platini should “carry things into the field, including exonerating evidence” at the emergency meeting of the UEFA executive on Thursday. It is a dubious payment of two million Swiss francs, which Blatter Platini 2011 has sent. But Platini can not attend the meeting. He has already put forward on October 1 against the FIFA investigation chamber so unconvincing that it has to suspend successfully requested the adjudicatory chamber His arguments.
Anyone who stands firmly on the ground of the FIFA Statutes, which would be clear: Fifa Justice Platini therefore provisionally locked, so he can not verbally obfuscate the situation. That the Government of the Grande Nation holds to him anyway, should be based on national pride. The attitude of Conmebol in corruption issues is known – here playing some of the hardest cases, under which the US Justice Fifa considers “criminal organization”
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If Niersbach – what he always far has of itself – secretly but pursue the idea of Platini to inherit a not distant future to the UEFA-top, but he may have actually now a kind Platini Shadow Cabinet members that the football ground works for him. To support this, is ruled out for Niersbach.
Of course, a football functionary may also be denied secretly with Platini. He must not get caught. However, he should not be too obviously take over the strategy of the French then. For example, in the question of whether the election scheduled for February 26, 2016 Congress should be moved to the rear. That would Platini liked, because he still thinks he can away to save his presidential candidacy on the procedure.
Clear positioning of Niersbach desirable
Niersbach has rejected even on Thursday and thus underlined its old demand for rapid reforms. “I put much that we can keep the appointment … well,” he said. On Saturday, he wobbled even more: “When you really come to the point, which has not yet discussed, ie, spoken in the subjunctive, we may have to move again, then this can be a long pushing out under any circumstances, because simple pressure on the Kessel is. “
It is expected that the FIFA Executive Committee, whose member is Niersbach, will vote on 20 October in Zurich under its interim president Issa Hayatou about a shift in the Congress. A clear positioning of German President on this issue is urgently required.
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If Blatter or Platini achieve through their oppositions, contrary to expectations, a lifting of the suspension - in the case of the French threatened the national association even with the transition to the International Sports Court of Arbitration - which, however, would bring no real relief, because the proceedings against them continue to run. The ethics committee is operating under high pressure and wants both to complete within the 90 days. Blatter's argument that he had not been sufficiently consulted is, in any case not very stable.
Both have testified before the investigation chamber, and the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber may according to Article 84 of the Ethics Regulations on the file may decide on a suspension. Platini's justifications were still vague. Should he contribute any more convincing facts about the process, DFB president Niersbach would once make thorough thought about the difference between friendship and responsibility - so he does not finally leading his federation in the sport political impasse
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