“I will not be a candidate for the election in 2016 and there will be an election for a new president”, Blatter said.
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The governing body held an Extraordinary General Meeting in Zurich on Monday and also confirmed that an 11-man taskforce would be set up to propose reforms.
Potential candidates are already planning campaigns for the most high profile job in sports politics. “He (Platini) is seriously considering running”. He himself has not been accused of any wrongdoing. Several days after his reelection, he announced he would be resigning.
The proposed reforms would include integrity checks for the all-powerful 25-member executive committee, term limits for top officials and public disclosure of their earnings.
Blatter announced his resignation in an attempt to diffuse the crisis.
For the record, it’s not lack of education: Brodkin, 38, was a medical doctor before he moved into comedy. These have been heightened since the raid on the Zurich hotel to detain the seven FIFA officials.
Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, who lost to Blatter in May, told AP earlier the president had to leave immediately.
“This is an exciting time for FIFA because we can work together to improve it and restructure it for the good of the game”, Platini said, according to the Daily Mail.
Security escorts away a British comedian who threw money at Sepp Blatter before the start of a FIFA news conference.
The sight of the heavily criticized Blatter looking visibly distressed as fake dollar bills rain down around him has caused an Internet sensation.
Brodkin then turned towards the press to address them as Blatter waved at security to take away the Englishman.
December is the earliest possible date for a new election, but that could clash with the Club World Cup in Japan.
But while Blatter said he felt ‘regret’ about the crises, he insisted he would not abandon the presidency until a successor was elected by the 209-member associations.
A visibly shaken Blatter said: “We have to clean here first”.
“This has nothing to do with football”, he added. The comedian, who has appeared on British television shows, is a repeat gatecrasher.
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Nelson has been involved in similar pranks in the past, including going on stage with rapper Kanye West at the Glastonbury Festival and, in 2014, attempting to infiltrate the England World Cup squad as they flew to the United States.
