Infantino proposes independent review of FIFA governance
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has agreed to commission an independent review of the organisation’s governance after pressure over the World Cup sale controversy, The Guardian reports. The proposed review would examine the FIFA Forward Enterprise sell-off and the Folarin Balogun controversy. Infantino said he remained committed to leading FIFA, the report said.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has proposed an independent external review of the organisation’s governance, according to The Guardian. The move follows mounting pressure after the World Cup sale controversy. The Guardian said members of the FIFA Council had been lobbying for an external examination of the proposed FIFA Forward Enterprise sell-off and the Folarin Balogun controversy.
The newspaper also reported that Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt had increased pressure by writing to Infantino and demanding the release of documents relating to both issues. The supplied material does not provide details of the documents or explain the controversies further. Infantino wrote to the council and member nations, saying he was fully committed to leading FIFA.
The source does not give a timetable for the review, identify its proposed investigators or state whether the requested documents will be released.
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