Transparency International: "FIFA has a debt (and) must to change now" (C. de Swardt, director)

"FIFA has been shown the red card many times, yet it has failed to reform. It is a flawed democracy far removed from the fans that support the game. Corruption in sport is not a game. There are victims and there is criminal behaviour. There has to be an independent reform commission and FIFA has to change. No more false dawns, no more scandals, no more dawn raids. FIFA has a debt to the fans and players to change now," stated Cobus de Swardt, the managing director of the NGO Transparency International, based in Berlin (GER) and specialised in the fight against corruption, 16/07/2015.

Transparency International, the citizens' movement Avaaz (which means "the way" in several Asian languages and the Middle East) and ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) have launched a campaign called "New FIFA Now" to advocate for the complete reform of FIFA conducted by an independent commission, in a limited time, and headed by an eminent personality. These organisations call upon players and supporters to pressure sponsors, associations and governments in this endeavor.

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