FIFA: "The times of flirting with the power are definitely gone" for Joseph Blatter (D. Scala)

"The times of flirting with the power are definitely gone. I call on all concerned -- including Mr Blatter -- to endorse in the interest of the reforms unequivocally the announced changing of the guard at the top of FIFA," stated Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of the FIFA audit and compliance committee, in Zurich (SUI) on 28/06/2015.

Blatter was re-elected for a fifth term (2015-2019) as the president of FIFA on 29/05/2015, but announced that he would "lay down my mandate" on 02/06/2015. "I have not resigned, I put my mandate in the hands of an extraordinary congress," stated Joseph Blatter to the Swiss newspaper Blick on 25/06/2015.

Election of the succession of Joseph Blatter will take place between December 2015 and February 2016: Zico (Brazil) and Musa Bility (Liberia) wish to be candidates

• An extraordinary meeting of the FIFA Executive Committee will be held on 20/07/2015 in order to determine the date of the extraordinary elective congress in which Joseph Blatter’s successor will be elected.
• This extraordinary elective congress will be held in Zurich (SUI), at…