Issa Hayatou has been announced as the Acting
President of Fédération Internationale de Football
Association, FIFA, following the 90 days
suspension of its President Sepp Blatter and other
officials of the the Federation.
FIFA on Thursday announced that Sepp Blatter had
been relieved of his duties and that Issa Hayatou,
the head of African football from Cameroon, would
be acting president.
FIFA had suspended Blatter, secretary general
Jerome Valcke and Vice-president Michel Platini
for 90 days.
The punishments were handed out by the ethics
committee of football’s world governing body,
which is investigating the three over corruption
allegations.
The statement said, “Today, in accordance with
Fifa’s code of ethics, Joseph S. Blatter was
relieved of all his duties as Fifa president following
the decision to provisionally ban him from all
football activities on a national and international
level.
“Joseph S. Blatter, for the duration of the 90-
day ban, is not allowed to represent Fifa in any
capacity, act on the organisation’s behalf, or
communicate to media or other stakeholders
as a Fifa representative.
“Issa Hayatou, as the longest-serving vice-
president on Fifa’s executive committee, will
serve as acting president of Fifa.”
Blatter is disappointed that Fifa‘s ethics committee
did not speak with him before provisionally
suspending him, lawyers for the world soccer
body‘s president said on Thursday.
“President Blatter was disappointed that the
Ethics Committee did not follow the Code of
Ethics and Disciplinary Code, both of which
provide for an opportunity to be heard,”
Blatter‘s lawyers said in an emailed statement.
“Further, the Ethics Committee based its
decision on a misunderstanding of the actions
of the Attorney General in Switzerland, which
has opened an investigation but brought no
charge against the President.
