Chung fears ‘farce’ by FIFA election – Telegraaf.nl

SEOUL –

The South Korean President-elect of the FIFA, Chung Moon-joon, fears that the election on February 26 “a farce” is. According to Chung, the outgoing president Sepp Blatter is trying to sabotage the election. Chung hangs suspended for fifteen years overhead, because the ethics committee of the FIFA vote he suspects to have purchased for the World Cup bid from South Korea for 2022

Chung Mong- joon Photo: EPA

The South Korean billionaire stated Tuesday at a press conference in Seoul that the Ethics Committee acts on behalf of Blatter. “They not only try to sabotage my candidacy, but the entire election and FIFA itself,” Chung said that a nine-page statement read to. The South Korean, former vice president of FIFA, denies any wrongdoing.

Chung stood in August, official candidate for the presidency of FIFA. He was, after Michel Platini, the French president of the European federation UEFA, the second that made itself felt in the battle for the succession of Blatter. Barely a week after his presentation, the South Korean came into disrepute. He would in 2010 be fellow board members at FIFA have promised a large fund for football development in exchange for voting for the Korean candidature for the organization of the World Cup 2022. Also two donations put the businessman in Haiti and Pakistan were regarded as suspicious.

“The reason I am addressing is that I want to do something about the current power structure to FIFA,” said Chung. “Those accusations are intended to prevent that I can go for the presidency.”

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