FIFA: "The new FIFA is a democracy, not a dictatorship" (Gianni Infantino, to the Congress)

"We are rebuilding the reputation of FIFA after everything that has happened, and I will not accept lessons from good governance from people who have failed to protect football and FIFA. The new FIFA is a democracy, not a dictatorship. The new FIFA is a transparent organisation," said Gianni Infantino, president of the international federation, in front of the Congress held in Manama (Bahrain) on 11/05/2017.

"Experts in the past have been handsomely paid to reform FIFA, but what have they done? They simply validated a system that did not work, and I can not rule out new cases, but they will not affect the administration of FIFA, thanks to the mechanisms we have put in place," added Gianni Infantino.

The non-renewal of the mandates of the two chairmen of the two chambers of the FIFA Ethics Committee (Cornel Borbély of Switzerland and Hans-Joachim Eckert of Germany are replaced by the Colombian Maria Claudia Rojas and the Greek Vassilios Skouris) is a setback in the fight against corruption," said Cornel Borbély on 10/05/2017.

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