Prince Ali 勧めるs FIFA to stick with February 選挙 date

By Simon Evans

ZURICH, Oct 14 (Reuters) - FIFA's 大統領の 選挙 should go ahead as planned on Feb. 26 and not be 延期するd 予定 to the 中断s of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, 候補者 Prince Ali 貯蔵所 Al Hussein of Jordan said on Wednesday.

World サッカー 長,指導者 Blatter and UEFA boss Platini were 一時停止するd by FIFA's 倫理学 委員会 last week, (海,煙などが)飲み込むd by a 深くするing 汚職 スキャンダル as their sport 直面するs 犯罪の 調査s in Switzerland and the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs.

FIFA's 判決,裁定 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある 委員会 will 持つ/拘留する an 緊急 会合 on Oct. 20 and the 可能性 of 延期するing the 選挙 of its next leader is likely to be on the 協議事項.

"延期するing the scheduled 選挙 would only 延期する needed change and create その上の 不安定," Ali said in a 声明, his first since the banning of Blatter and Platini.

"It would tell the world that lessons 港/避難所't been learned, that the same backroom 取引,協定s that have discredited FIFA in the first place continue," he said.

A 2011 支払い(額) of two million スイスの フランs ($2.09 million) from FIFA to Frenchman Platini is part of a スイスの 犯罪の 調査 into Blatter, in which the UEFA boss is considered as someone "between a 証言,証人/目撃する and an (刑事)被告 person", によれば スイスの judicial 当局.

Platini has said the 支払い(額) was for his work under 契約 for FIFA as an 助言者 to スイスの-born Blatter between 199 9 and 2002, and the nine-year 支払い(額) 延期する was 予定 to FIFA's 財政上の 状況/情勢. Both men have 否定するd any 悪事を働くこと.

An 選挙 延期する would give Platini more time to 控訴,上告 against his 90-day 一時的に 禁止(する). The 禁止(する), together with a possible 45-day 拡張 and the length of any 控訴,上告s 過程, are seen as major 障害s to his (選挙などの)運動をする.

Without Platini in the field, Ali's chances of winning could rise 意味ありげに.

As it stands, the 最終期限 for 指名/任命s is Oct. 26 and 見込みのある 候補者s 直面する a FIFA 正直さ check.

"候補者s have had plenty of time to 宣言する and still do. The 支配するs should not be changed after the game has started," Ali said.

The prince, supported at the time by Platini, lost to Blatter in May's 大統領の 選挙. But Blatter 発表するd four days later that he would lay 負かす/撃墜する his 委任統治(領) as 危機 (海,煙などが)飲み込むd FIFA.

Platini then dropped his support for Ali and decided to run in February's 投票(する). He was the favourite before 存在 caught up in the スキャンダル himself.

African football leader Issa Hayatou is the 暫定的な 大統領,/社長 of FIFA during Blatter's 90-day 中断.

"The 倫理学 委員会 must now be 許すd to do its work in a 強健な and timely fashion," Ali said. "With FIFA's 危機 深くするing, the organization needs to move beyond 暫定的な leadership and elect an accountable 大統領,/社長."

($1 = 0.9570 スイスの フランs) (報告(する)/憶測ing by Simon Evans; Editing by Tom Heneghan)

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