Breaking News: Mitchel Platini, Six Others Cleared For FIFA Presidential Election

The world football governing body, FIFA have cleared UEFA president, Mr. Mitchel Platini for the February 2016 FIFA presidential election despite serving a 90-day ban.

Platini and outgoing FIFA president, Sepp Blatter are currently serving a 90-day ban from all football matters for a misappropriation of fund levied against the above named individuals.

Other cleared candidates are HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Mr Musa Hassan Bility, Mr Jérôme Champagne, Mr Gianni Infantino, H.E. Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and Mr Tokyo Sexwale. 

Meanwhile, the FIFA Adhoc Electoral committee have stated on FIFA website that unless Michel Platini, who is currently provisionally banned from taking part in any football-related activity, his candidature will not be processed by the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee as long as such ban is valid and in force. Should such a ban be lifted or expire before the FIFA presidential election, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee would decide, depending on the respective exact point in time, on how to proceed with the candidature concerned. 

For the other proposed candidates, the following applies: 

The Ad-hoc Electoral Committee will now assess the candidatures, in line with the Electoral Regulations for the FIFA Presidency. 

In accordance with article 8 par. 1(e) of the Electoral Regulations, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee has passed the candidature dossiers to the investigatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee to carry out integrity checks, as stipulated in the regulations. The investigatory chamber will – as a result of this integrity check – deliver comprehensive documentation on each candidate, but it will not give any recommendation as to whether or not a candidate may run for the FIFA presidency. 

Upon receipt of the results of the integrity checks, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee will reconvene in order to review the submissions and validate their compliance with the applicable FIFA regulatory provisions. Following this process, the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee will formally admit and declare the candidates who are eligible to stand for the office of FIFA President.