FIFA: Paraguayan federation supports the candidacy of Michel Platini for the presidency

"In line with what is provided by Article 14 of the electoral rules for the presidency of FIFA and Article 24.1 of the FIFA Statutes, the APF is honoured to officially offer its support to the candidacy of Michel Platini (FRA) for the post of FIFA president," stated the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (Paraguayan Football Association) in a letter sent on 31/07/2015 to the attention of Jérôme Valcke, the FIFA secretary general, and published the same day on the APF website.

Michel Platini, president of UEFA since 2007, announced his candidacy for the presidency of the international federation on 29/07/2015. The election will be held during an extraordinary FIFA Congress held in Zurich (SUI) on 26/02/2016. This date was set by the FIFA Executive Committee on 20/07/2015. The deadline for the submission of applications is 26/10/2015. A candidate for the office of FIFA president is only valid if the person is supported by at least five member associations.

Several national federations, including the FFF (France), the DFB (Germany), the FA (England), the URBSFA (Belgium) and the FIGC…