The ethics watchdog of scandal-tainted FIFA was locked
in talks on Wednesday to decide the fate of world football
president Sepp Blatter as attacks on the veteran sports
baron mounted.
The ethics committee tribunal was also to decide whether
to take action against UEFA leader Michael Platini and
former FIFA vice president Chung Mong-Joon, both
candidates to take over from Blatter.
As the drama intensified, British media reported that the
ethics committee had recommended a provisional
suspension of 90 days for Blatter.
But a close associate of the besieged FIFA chief
dismissed the claims.
“I was with president Blatter 30 minutes ago and no
information of this kind was communicated to us,” the
associate told AFP, while a spokesman for the committee
tribunal refused to comment.
Sepp Blatter Fifa President
The reports were based on statements by Klaus Stoehlker,
described as a close adviser to Blatter.
However, in June, FIFA denied any legitimacy to
Stoehlker, claiming that his duties with Blatter had ended
on May 31.
Meanwhile, Chung hit out at Blatter, calling him “a
hypocrite and a liar” and threatening a legal case for
embezzlement of FIFA funds.
The 79-year-old Blatter, who has ruled FIFA for 17 years,
insisted in a German magazine interview that he would
not be forced out of office before an election to be held in
February.
FIFA has kept the activities of its independent ethics
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