FIFA : Gianni Infantino sous la menace d’une contestation pour un nouveau mandat
Gianni Infantino's future as FIFA president could be in jeopardy. The organization FairSquare has officially filed a complaint with the governing body's Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee to challenge the Italian-Swiss president's eligibility for next year's election.
According to FairSquare, Infantino has already served three presidential terms and therefore cannot seek re-election. The organization thus challenges the interpretation adopted by FIFA in 2022, which allowed the first term of the president to be disregarded.
The point of disagreement concerns the 2016-2019 term. Having taken over the presidency following Sepp Blatter's resignation in February 2016, Infantino led FIFA until 2019 before being re-elected for another term. In 2022, the FIFA Council determined that this initial period, which began mid-term, should not be considered a full presidential mandate.
FairSquare is contesting this decision, citing FIFA's statutes, which limit the number of presidential terms to three. The organization argues that no provision allows for the exclusion of a presidential term simply because it did not last four years.
If this challenge were successful, Gianni Infantino could be prevented from seeking another term. For now, he is the only candidate to have officially announced his intention to run again. A potential victory would allow him to remain at the head of FIFA until 2031.
The proceedings initiated by FairSquare thus open a new legal and institutional battle over the future of the FIFA presidency.
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