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Ethics report calls for sanctions against Blatter and Platini
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 22 - 11 - 2015

FIFA ethics investigators called Saturday for sanctions against president Sepp Blatter and European soccer boss Michel Platini, dealing a fresh blow to Platini's bid to succeed Blatter as head of world soccer's governing body.
Both men were suspended from their posts for 90 days on Oct. 8 pending a full investigation, engulfed by a deepening corruption scandal as the sport faces criminal probes in Switzerland and the United States.
The investigatory chamber of FIFA's ethics committee — acting independently of the organization's leadership — said Saturday it had completed its inquiry, but did not say why it was recommending sanctions nor what those sanctions should be.
Its report will now be passed to the committee's adjudicatory chamber, which will decide whether investigations should be pursued and on any potential sanctions.
"The investigatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has submitted its final reports containing requests for sanctions against Joseph (Sepp) Blatter and Michel Platini to the adjudicatory chamber chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert," the ethics panel said the statement.
"For reasons linked to privacy rights and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the chamber will not publish details of the concluded reports and the requested sanctions against the two officials."
Blatter has been FIFA president since 1998. Platini has been head of European soccer's governing body UEFA since 2007 and, until he was suspended, had been favorite to replace Blatter in FIFA's Feb. 26 presidential election.
Platini's hopes of standing were put on hold because of his suspension. He has appealed to the Court of Arbitration of Sport against his provisional ban but, even if he wins and is allowed to stand, his plans would be scuppered if Eckert's adjudicatory chamber accepts the investigation's recommendations.
The adjudicatory chamber said in a separate statement it would decide whether to open formal proceedings and, if necessary, on sanctions "in due course."
FIFA's electoral committee has said Platini's registration will not be processed while he is suspended, although it could reconsider its position if he wins an appeal.
Platini's appeal was rejected in the first instance by FIFA's Appeal Committee this week.
Blatter also faces criminal investigation in Switzerland over a 2 million Swiss franc ($2 million) payment from FIFA to Platini.
The payment was made in 2011 for work Platini had completed nine years earlier, the Swiss attorney-general's office has said, adding Platini was considered "between a witness and an accused person."
Both men have denied wrongdoing.
The ethics committee said its chief investigator Cornel Borbely was not involved in its investigation of Blatter as both men are Swiss.
"As the two proceedings are closely related and to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interests, Dr. Borbely also withdrew from the proceedings against Michel Platini," it added.
Instead, Robert Torres from Guam submitted the report on Blatter and Trinidadian Vanessa Allard compiled the report on Platini.
FIFA has lost credibility,
says Platini lawyer
The lawyer representing Michel Platini said Saturday that FIFA had "lost all credibility" after the ethics committee of world football's governing body requested sanctions against the Frenchman and Sepp Blatter.
"It is a troubling coincidence the day after our appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against Michel Platini's provisional suspension," Thibaud d'Ales, representing French FIFA presidential hopeful Platini, said.
"It's farcical. It would be laughable if we were not talking about the future of the biggest non-governmental institution in the world." — Agencies


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