FIFA`s ruling executive committee started a two-day meeting today which could alter the shape of the scandal-hit 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests
|Last Updated: Oct 28, 2010, 06:53 PM IST|Source: Bureau
Zurich : FIFA`s ruling executive committee started a two-day meeting today which could alter the shape of the scandal-hit 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests.
The session was scheduled long ago to select a voting procedure which the 24-man executive would use in a Dec 2 secret ballot to choose the two hosts, but it has been
overtaken by events.
Allegations of bribery and corruption involving two voters and two of the nine bidders have shaken FIFA`s control over the two-year multimillion dollar global lobbying contest. FIFA president Sepp Blatter chairs a meeting which will consider delaying one or both World Cup decisions until more credibility and public confidence has been restored to the
process.
Blatter will lead a ruling body reduced to 22 members, after Amos Adamu of Nigeria and Reynald Temarii from Tahiti were provisionally suspended by FIFA`s ethics committee which is examining evidence of alleged corruption discovered by the British Sunday Times newspaper.
The panel also is investigating two bidders for alleged collusion in the 2018 and 2022 elections, and four former FIFA executive members who were reported saying voters` support was for sale
.
Ethics chairman Claudio Sulser said last week he aims to publish findings by Nov 17, but warned that Adamu and Temarii could be suspended for a further 20 days - beyond the Dec 2 polling day - if his team needs more time to investigate. Voting also could proceed with one or more candidates disqualified if the ethics probe decides bidding rules were broken by striking a vote-swapping alliance.
The 2018 World Cup contest is between England, Russia and the joint bids of Belgium-Holland and Spain-Portugal.
The 2022 race involves the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea and Qatar.
In other scheduled business, FIFA`s executive will receive a progress report on preparations for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
FIFA also will discuss ongoing problems in its relations with some national members, including Nigeria, Togo and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Blatter is expected to appear at a news conference after the meeting ends on Friday .
Bureau Report
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