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'Don't delay FIFA elections'

October 14, 2015 10:19 IST

'The same backroom deals that have discredited FIFA in the first place will continue'

Jordanian Prince Ali bin al Hussein

IMAGE: Jordanian Prince Ali bin al Hussein gives a speech during the 65th FIFA Congress. Photograph: Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan has warned that delaying the February 26 elections would further harm the credibility of world soccer's crisis-hit governing body.

FIFA has been "decimated" by scandals, says Prince Ali

"Delaying the scheduled election would only postpone needed change and create further instability," he said in a statement on Wednesday.

"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."

Source: REUTERS
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