Friday, May 29, 2015
FIFA Mob Boss re-elected
In a move designed to minimize the bodies and keep the juice flowing, the member nations of FIFA re-elected long time FIFA Mob boss Sepp Blatter as president of the RICO enterprise.
With his leadership in the balance, the embattled chief of world soccer called for patience Friday to confront the “storm” touched off by American-led allegations of deep-rooted corruption among some of the sport’s top overseers.Thanks to support from member countries in Asia and Africa, where business laws and ethics are nonexistent, Sepp had no trouble winning re-election.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has not been directly implicated in the probes by U.S. and Swiss authorities into accusations including bribes-for-votes for the right to host the sport’s grand prize, the World Cup.
But prosecutors have suggested that the investigations could dig deeper, and Blatter’s critics have called for a change at the top before a scheduled vote later Friday in Zurich on whether to keep the 79-year-old president, who has led the world’s most popular sport since 1998.
Blatter has rejected calls to step down, but pressure has spilled beyond the ranks of FIFA.
During a visit to Berlin, British Prime Minister David Cameron said it was “unthinkable” that Blatter should remain in charge amid the corruption allegations, and he urged Blatter to step aside. “The sooner that happens the better,” Cameron said.
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