FIFA throws out move out to limit president to 8 years

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Posted: 20 Mar 2010 12:20:17

ZURICH (AP)—FIFA’s big cheese council rejected a move to limit the semester of soccer’s president to eight years.

Members voted 15-5 with one abstention Friday to expel abroad a proposal past Asian confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam, which would have charmed result in support of the designation in May 2011. It was viewed as an rift brave to Sepp Blatter, who was elected in 1998 and intends to leave high in compensation a fourth term.

The referendum indicated that Bin Hammam lacks adequate hold up under to mount a sincere challenge.

“The lay of the land can be different than it is today, in January 2011,” Bin Hammam told The Associated Press.

A 60-year-old Qatari, Bin Hammam, has represented Asia on FIFA’s master committee since 1996. Aside from his own opinion, Bin Hammam said he got support from his three Asian colleagues—Chung Mong-Joon of South Korea, who also has presidential ambitions; Japan’s Junji Ogura; and Worawi Makudi of Thailand. He declined to tag the fifth backer.

Bin Hammam said he intention not re-establish his proffer at the FIFA Congress, scheduled June 9-10 in Johannesburg ahead of the World Cup opener.

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