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European Soccer Chiefs to Debate Proposed Changes to Fifa Statutes on January 24 |
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Football - 14 Jan 2013 - The heads of the 53 members associations of Uefa, European soccer’s governing body, are due to debate proposed changes to the statutes of Fifa, the world governing body, on January 24, including proposals to limit the age and tenure of the Fifa president.
Gianni Infantino, Uefa’s secretary general, said: “Uefa wants to ensure that the Fifa reform process maintains its good governance objectives and this has been made clear to our members in a clear and transparent way, to enable them to make their position clear. We now need our members to put forward their views.”
Fifa is due to debate a draft revision of its statutes at its congress in Mauritius next year in which the Fifa president is limited to two four-year terms and executive committee members to three four-year terms. There is also a proposal to impose an age limit of 72 on officials at the time they are elected.
Sepp Blatter, the 76-year-old incumbent Fifa president, is opposed to the introduction of age limits for top sports officials but could be prepared to accept a limit on the length of time they serve.
Blatter was controversially elected unopposed in 2011 to serve his fourth four-year term as Fifa president, but has said that he will not stand again when the term ends in 2015.
Fifa’s reform process was set in motion after a series of corruption scandals and allegations relating to the presidential election and to the selection of host countries for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
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