UEFA gives FIFA until 2 November to release governance documents
UEFA has set a deadline for FIFA to release documents about its governance and decisions, BBC Sport reports, following a Council meeting at which Gianni Infantino apologised for mistakes involving a withdrawn investment proposal.
UEFA has told FIFA to release documents about its governance and decision-making by 2 November, BBC Sport reported on 19 October. The demand follows a FIFA Council meeting in Zurich on 15 October at which president Gianni Infantino apologised for mistakes involving a withdrawn private investment proposal. The documents would address questions UEFA says remain unresolved.
BBC Sport said it had seen a letter from UEFA general secretary Theodore Theodoridis saying FIFA had failed to address ‘a number of fundamental questions’. The letter called for any refusal to disclose a document to be justified individually, with a clear explanation of the grounds for withholding it. FIFA had been approached for comment on the demand, BBC Sport said.
What UEFA wants FIFA to address
Alongside the letter, UEFA sent an eight-page document setting out concerns about several matters, according to BBC Sport. They include the FIFA Forward Enterprise private investment proposal, the FIFA Peace Prize and Folarin Balogun’s suspended ban. The reported request therefore extends beyond the investment proposal discussed at the Council meeting. BBC Sport’s account identifies the issues UEFA raised but does not establish the merits of its concerns.
FIFA says its Council reviewed the withdrawn FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal on 15 October. In FIFA’s account of the meeting, Infantino apologised for mistakes related to the proposal. The governing body said it had established a working group to consider potential reforms to its governance.
FIFA’s planned reviews
FIFA also said its standing committees would review disciplinary procedures and the FIFA Peace Prize. Those planned reviews concern two areas relevant to UEFA’s wider questions, although FIFA’s account of the Council meeting did not address UEFA’s subsequent document demand. The 2 November deadline applies to the release of documents requested by UEFA, according to BBC Sport; the report gave no FIFA response saying whether it would release them.
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Sources and context
- Gianni Infantino: Uefa gives Fifa deadline to release key documentsBBC Sport
- FIFA President calls for unity at Council meeting and stresses commitment to serving FIFA Member AssociationsFIFA
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