Vote for president to go ahead
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FIFA called the arrest of leading officials on bribery charges a “difficult moment” but said it would not derail President Sepp Blatter’s bid to win a fifth term in an election tomorrow.
At a news conference in Zurich, FIFA spokesman Walter De Gregorio struck a defiant tone, saying a criminal investigation into FIFA’s awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups was unrelated to the looming leadership vote.
He also said he expected those World Cups, due to take place in Russia and Qatar, to go ahead as planned despite suspicions of mismanagement and money laundering.
Asked if the election of the FIFA president would go ahead, he added: “There was never such an idea to postpone the congress nor the election, one thing has nothing to do with the other.”
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