FIFA
Prince Ali wants FIFA election can cancel
The FIFA presidential election goes into the hot Phase. On Friday in Zurich, the successor of Joseph Blatter to be elected. This, however, wants the presidential candidate Prince Ali now prevent.
The Jordanian FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein wants to on Friday, as planned
Election of the new soccer-world-bosses at the Congress in Zurich is of the highest instance can cancel. As his lawyers on Tuesday to the AFP news Agency informed, has Ali for this already on Monday at the International sports court CAS made a request.
The background of the application is the idea of the Prince, at 26. February in Zurich a Glasabstimmungskabine for the representatives of the FIFA member associations to install. Domenico Scala, the for the choice of competent FIFA-Commission President has rejected this but already. Now, the FIFA a request for “expedited clarification of the thing” to have denied, were shared between the attorneys: “It is therefore quite natural that Prince Ali the CAS is calling.”
No cell phones in Abstimmungskabine
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Ali hopes the glass Abstimmungskabinen more transparency in the FIFA election. “Only a transparent glass-enclosed may prove that each Casting his vote, just his heart and his Conscience follows. That there is no Zwangsstimmen, the through posted photos and so pressure from the outside were enforced,” said Renaud Semerdjian, one of the lawyers of Prince Ali. However, a FIFA spokesperson for the AFP confirmed that the Voting on Friday will not be allowed, with a mobile phone the Abstimmungskabine to enter. There may be no photos from the vote on social networks will be posted.
Prince Ali enters in the vote in Zurich against UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino from Switzerland, Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa from Bahrain, the Frenchman Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale of South Africa. In the first round of voting is needed-the winner, Joseph S. Blatter inherited, two-thirds of the votes. Then sufficient absolute majority.
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