cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/68423493
Parts of the article, not the whole article:
The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) intends to make a formal complaint to FIFA over United States President Donald Trump’s role in the suspension of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup red card.
NFF president Lise Klaveness confirmed the plans to raise the issue, which follows her federation’s backing of December’s ethical complaint in relation to FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s decision to award President Trump the FIFA Peace Prize.
In December, an official complaint was submitted to FIFA’s Ethics Committee, alleging “repeated breaches” of FIFA’s duty of political neutrality by Infantino, while also requesting an investigation into the process that saw Trump receive the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize at the World Cup draw.
The complaint was made by FairSquare, a non-profit organisation and advocacy group which focuses mainly on global labour migration rights, political repression and sport. The complaint subsequently received the support of the NFF, with Klaveness criticising the fact that Infantino made the decision to award the prize without consulting the FIFA Council.
Fifty members of the European Parliament (MEPs) wrote to FIFA in June asking the governing body to address the complaint.
In FIFA’s statutes, it says that “FIFA remains neutral in matters of politics and religion.” FIFA’s Code of Ethics also “requires that all persons bound by the code remain politically neutral … in dealings with government institutions.”
Please Norway, Belgium, UEFA, push on this, make this not forgotten, because this was so serious blatant corruption as competitive advantage.