Ivory Coast: a FIFA-CAF commission for the elections to the Federation
Didier Drogba (center), when submitting his application for the presidency of the Ivorian Football Federation.
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The International Football Federation (FIFA) has informed the Ivorian Federation (FIF) of the creation of a joint commission with the African Football Confederation (CAF).
She will be responsible for hearing the actors of the elections to the presidency of the FIF.
FIFA had called for the suspension of the Ivorian electoral process, following possible “interference”.
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The International Football Federation (FIFA) continues its work of supervising the election of the next president of the Ivorian Federation (FIF).
A week after requesting the suspension of the electoral process from the FIF, FIFA has indeed decided to set up a committee responsible for hearing several players in the process.
The African Football Confederation (CAF) is associated with this process, assures FIFA's head of administration (Secretary General), Fatma Samoura, in a letter to the FIF, dated September 1.
The current Ivorian football boss also heard
FIFA states that it has received the documents requested in its correspondence of August 27.
She nevertheless wishes to hear the members of the Electoral Commission, including its president René Diby.
The outgoing president of the Ivorian Federation, Sidy Diallo, and other major figures of the FIF, are also requested to speak individually by videoconference.
They will be heard by a panel comprising Rolf Tanner and Sarah Solémalé (FIFA), as well as two representatives of CAF and another from zone B of the Union of West African Football Federations (UFOA).
The five members of this ad hoc committee will have to determine whether any shortcomings or errors were made during the process supposed to designate the successor of Sidy Diallo, in office since 2011 but highly contested since 2017.
The case of Didier Drogba had caused controversy
On August 26, the Electoral Commission set up by the FIF to study the files of the four applicants had validated those of Sory Diabaté and Yacine Idriss Diallo but not those of Koffi Paul Kouadio and Didier Drogba.
The rejection of Drogba's candidacy immediately sparked controversy, with the ex-African football superstar grabbing a lot of attention around the controversial election.
Some of his sponsorships were not valid, had estimated a Commission visibly torn around the case of Didier Drogba.
The entourage of the former attacker had yet assured that his application had been validated on August 9.
Before a series of reversals ...
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