Suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter – who has appeared before the ethics committee of world football’s governing body in a case that could have him banned from the sport for years – is “a very respected person” who deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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He agreed to a framework that would have granted provisional legalization without insisting on security improvements first. And eventually they’ll succeed. “He strongly supported legalizing people that were in this country illegally”.
His American lawyer, Richard Cullen, said: “President Blatter looks forward to a decision in his favour, because the evidence requires it. The evidence demonstrates that president Blatter behaved properly and certainly did not violate Fifa’s code of ethics”.
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White House spokesman Josh Earnest said he would not second-guess the decisions made in Los Angeles or { New York New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said: “It’s important – very important – not to overreact in situations like this”.
He announced his plans to resign from his post just four days after winning the election as Federation Internationale de Football Association became the target of a widespread corruption investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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AAP spokesperson Ashutosh lashed out at Jaitley, asking why contracts were given to “front companies of DDCA office-bearers”. In response, Jaitley had said on Thursday, “I left cricket administration in 2013”.
FIFA’s ethics judges have dismissed Platini’s claims of a pre-determined verdict and pledged to review the evidence against him fairly.
Blatter is under criminal investigation in Switzerland over a two million Swiss francs payment made to Michel Platini in 2011, for work carried out about a decade earlier.
Blatter, who has served as FIFA’s president since 1998, was re-elected for a fifth term earlier this year.
Representatives for Platini, 60, say he will not attend Friday’s hearing in person in order to express “his deepest indignation” with the entire process.
The often contrarian publication said its publisher, Roger Koeppel of the far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP), was one of Blatter’s few public defenders.
In May this year, Putin had voiced his support for Blatter, a day after world football’s governing body was engulfed in controversy by the prospect of twin criminal corruption investigations in the United States and Switzerland. Blatter and Platini deny any misconduct. If convicted, appeals to a FIFA’s appeal committee and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) are possible for both men.
Swiss justice ministry spokesman Folco Galli said on Thursday that a “high double-digit million amount” had been frozen following a US request to Swiss authorities, confirming an initial report by Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger.
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Meanwhile, FIFA has appointed Harvard professor John Ruggie to provide recommendations on a new human rights policy that will cover future World Cup hosts. Numerous FIFA members are known to have accounts in the country. Germany has also asked Switzerland for judicial help over its inquiry into allegations that bribes were paid to secure the 2006 World Cup finals.
