Sepp Blatter, the president of soccer’s world governing body, will officially leave his post of nearly 18 years when FIFA elects his successor on Feb. 26, he announced on Monday.
Mr. Blatter, called in June for a new election following the disclosure of U.S. and Swiss investigations into massive corruption by FIFA executives spanning several decades. His intentions since then have been the subject of ample speculation, with people close to him saying he would seek a sixth term in office.
At the extraordinary meeting of the World soccer ruling body, which was chaired by its President, Josep Sepp Blatter, the committee agreed important reforms to be submitted for decision to the upcoming extraordinary congress, underlining FIFA’s commitment to better governance and greater accountability.
According to reports monitored on fifa.com, the reform topics proposed include enhanced centralized integrity checks for Executive Committee members, the introduction of term limits, higher standards of governance at all levels of football structures, including confederations and member associations, as well as individual disclosure of compensation.
To further strengthen this reform process, it was decided to set up a specific FIFA Task Force ‘Reforms’ to be chaired by a neutral chairman, who should be appointed in consultation with the confederations’ presidents. This task force would be composed of two representatives of each of the AFC, CAF, CONCACAF and UEFA, as well as of one representative from each of CONMEBOL and the OFC. Concrete and comprehensive reform proposals should be elaborated for presentation at the next ordinary FIFA Executive Committee meeting, scheduled to be held in Zurich on 24 and 25 September 2015, and thereafter be submitted for approval at the extraordinary Congress.
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