Prince Ali Urges FIFA Not to Delay Presidential Election to Avoid “Further Instability”

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein says world football’s governing body should not delay the elections to name a new president to replace Sepp Blatter. 

The governing body are set to discuss the possibility of delayng the election, set for 26 February, following the 90-day bans handed to Blatter, UEFA president Michel Platini and FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke and the ongoing crisis. 

They have arranged an emergency meeting for 20th October in Zurich to make a decision. 

Prince Ali however, believes a delay would cause “further instability” and is against the idea of a delay.

Prince Ali said: “With Fifa’s crisis deepening, the organisation needs to move beyond interim leadership and elect an accountable president.

“Delaying the scheduled election would only postpone needed change and create further instability. It would tell the world that lessons haven’t been learned, that the same backroom deals that have discredited Fifa in the first place continue.”

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