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CONCACAF Gives Blazer 48 Hours To Explain Action
Published: Tuesday | May 31, 20110 Comments
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):
Barbadian Lisle Austin assumed temporary control of CONCACAF yesterday by giving general secretary Chuck Blazer 48 hours to explain his decision to investigate members of the continental governing body for misconduct.
A senior vice-president of CONCACAF, Austin was elevated to the top post following the decision of FIFA's ethics committee to temporarily suspend sitting president Austin 'Jack' Warner pending an investigation into corruption allegations against him.
"Austin has called upon his member of staff, general secretary Chuck Blazer, to provide an explanation within 48 hours on what authority he appeared to unilaterally hire the law firm Collins and Collins to conduct investigations into allegations of misconduct by members ofCONCACAF," a CONCACAF release said yesterday.
As a result, the release said Austin had ordered CONCACAF to "cease all contractual arrangements with the law firm, Collins and Collins with immediate effect".
This follows Sunday's shocking developments that saw Warner and Asian football chief, Mohamed bin Hammam, appear before the ethics committee on bribery charges and subsequently being suspended.
It was announced last Wednesday that Blazer, a FIFA Executive Committee member, had sent a report to FIFA secretary general Jérme Valcke indicating "possible violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics" allegedly committed by Warner and Hammam coming out of a meeting in Trinidad and Tobago.
Austin has written to Blazer to request evidence that a decision to investigate misconduct was taken by CONCACAF's executive committee and also wants an explanation as to "the procedure and rational behind decisions taken today (Monday) as it relates to the attendance of tomorrow's FIFA Congress".
Published: Tuesday | May 31, 20110 Comments
Blazer
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):
Barbadian Lisle Austin assumed temporary control of CONCACAF yesterday by giving general secretary Chuck Blazer 48 hours to explain his decision to investigate members of the continental governing body for misconduct.
A senior vice-president of CONCACAF, Austin was elevated to the top post following the decision of FIFA's ethics committee to temporarily suspend sitting president Austin 'Jack' Warner pending an investigation into corruption allegations against him.
"Austin has called upon his member of staff, general secretary Chuck Blazer, to provide an explanation within 48 hours on what authority he appeared to unilaterally hire the law firm Collins and Collins to conduct investigations into allegations of misconduct by members ofCONCACAF," a CONCACAF release said yesterday.
As a result, the release said Austin had ordered CONCACAF to "cease all contractual arrangements with the law firm, Collins and Collins with immediate effect".
This follows Sunday's shocking developments that saw Warner and Asian football chief, Mohamed bin Hammam, appear before the ethics committee on bribery charges and subsequently being suspended.
It was announced last Wednesday that Blazer, a FIFA Executive Committee member, had sent a report to FIFA secretary general Jérme Valcke indicating "possible violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics" allegedly committed by Warner and Hammam coming out of a meeting in Trinidad and Tobago.
Austin has written to Blazer to request evidence that a decision to investigate misconduct was taken by CONCACAF's executive committee and also wants an explanation as to "the procedure and rational behind decisions taken today (Monday) as it relates to the attendance of tomorrow's FIFA Congress".
These are separate Gamma, you and me know it. England had their claim and even had their own FA investigate and find insufficient evidence to support Triesman's claim. That issue now dead unless further facts come to bear.
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