Resignation
Speech by FIFA President Sepp Blatter
2 June 2015
I have been reflecting deeply
about my presidency and about the forty years in which my life has been
inextricably bound to FIFA and the great sport of football. I cherish FIFA more
than anything and I want to do only what is best for FIFA and for football. I
felt compelled to stand for re-election, as I believed that this was the best
thing for the organisation. That election is over, but FIFA’s challenges are
not. FIFA needs a profound overhaul.
While I have a mandate from the membership
of FIFA, I do not feel that I have a mandate from the entire world of football
– the fans, the players, the clubs, the people who live, breathe and love
football as much as we all do at FIFA.
Therefore, I have decided to lay
down my mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress. I will continue to
exercise my functions as FIFA President until that election.
The next ordinary FIFA Congress
will take place on 13 May 2016 in Mexico City. This would create unnecessary
delay and I will urge the Executive Committee to organise an Extraordinary Congress
for the election of my successor at the earliest opportunity. This will need to
be done in line with FIFA’s statutes and we must allow enough time for the best
candidates to present themselves and to campaign.
Since I shall not be a candidate,
and am therefore now free from the constraints that elections inevitably
impose, I shall be able to focus on driving far-reaching, fundamental reforms
that transcend our previous efforts. For years, we have worked hard to put in
place administrative reforms, but it is plain to me that while these must
continue, they are not enough.
The Executive Committee includes
representatives of confederations over whom we have no control, but for whose
actions FIFA is held responsible. We need deep-rooted structural change.
The size of the Executive
Committee must be reduced and its members should be elected through the FIFA
Congress. The integrity checks for all Executive Committee members must be organised
centrally through FIFA and not through the confederations. We need term limits
not only for the president but for all members of the Executive Committee.
I have fought for these changes
before and, as everyone knows, my efforts have been blocked. This time, I will
succeed.
I cannot do this alone. I have
asked Domenico Scala to oversee the introduction and implementation of these
and other measures. Mr. Scala is the Independent Chairman of our Audit and
Compliance Committee elected by the FIFA Congress. He is also the Chairman of
the ad hoc Electoral Committee and, as such, he will oversee the election of my
successor. Mr. Scala enjoys the confidence of a wide range of constituents
within and outside of FIFA and has all the knowledge and experience necessary
to help tackle these major reforms.
It is my deep care for FIFA and
its interests, which I hold very dear, that has led me to take this decision. I
would like to thank those who have always supported me in a constructive and
loyal manner as President of FIFA and who have done so much for the game that
we all love. What matters to me more than anything is that when all of this is
over, football is the winner. |
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