FIFA: "It is easier to get 50 votes in the election than 5 letters of support" (J. Champagne)

"It is easier to get 50 votes in the election, which is by secret ballot, than to obtain the 5 official letters of support needed from national federations to run for the presidency of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)," said Jerome Champagne, FIFA presidential candidate, to News Tank on 13/01/2015.

"But I am not worried," said Jerome Champagne. "I am optimistic of the action. But this does not overshadow the reality of the situation." The deadline for submission of applications is 29/01/2015, four months before the FIFA Annual Congress in Zurich (SUI) on 29/05/2015. The FIFA president is elected by the Congress, which brings together all 209 member federations, and each federation has one vote.

"I am the only one to offer a programme that is not limited to slogans" (Jerome Champagne, 13/01/2015)

• "I am in the explanatory phase. I try to convince people of the need to have a debate for the election to the presidency of FIFA.
• With the old criteria, valid until 2013 (candidates sponsored by only a single federation, filed up to two months before the…