Yesterday this blog appealed to the Swiss Director of Public Prosecutions to ask FIFA for a copy of the 350 page report produced early September by Michael Garcia and which FIFA has refused to make public. A 40 page summary of the report was made by Hans-Joachim Eckert and it vindicated FIFA of any wrongdoing ! Garcia has said that this report did not reflect his findings.
Regularly the Press, even since 2010, has carried articles which suggest that the voting for the Host countries for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup Finals was fraudulent.
This is not good for the World of Football and reflects badly on the reputation of Switzerland if nothing is done.
Suddenly yesterday afternoon FIFA announced it had lodged a criminal complaint against unidentified people ! Why ? Dealing with such a complaint takes a long time normally !
What really needs to be examined are the FIFA procedures and the evidence in the two reports. Why was an embargo put on the publication of the report by Mr Garcia ?
Was it to protect FIFA executives who want to be re-elected next year ?
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