CAF presidency: Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya withdraws in turn, Motsepe alone in contention

Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya.

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After the Senegalese Augustin Senghor and the Ivorian Jacques Anouma, the Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya announced in a press release this Saturday, March 6 that he no longer wanted to run for the presidency of CAF.

The South African Patrice Motsepe now remains alone in the running.

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Mauritanian Ahmed Yahya, who announced his candidacy for the presidency of the African Football Confederation (CAF) on November 9, 2020, decided this Saturday March 6 to abandon the election to be held on March 12 in Rabat.

The day before, the Senegalese

Augustin Senghor and the Ivorian Jacques Anouma

had done the same.

There is therefore only one candidate left, the South African Patrice Motsepe.

The four men are in Nouakchott today for the CAN under 20 final.

They should validate the

Rabat compromise

and share the cake.

Namely: the post of vice-president for Augustin Senghor, and that second vice-president for Ahmed Yahya.

As for the Ivorian Jacques Anouma, he should inherit the title of "special adviser" from the president.

Jacques Anouma judged last Tuesday “

not too democratic

 ” this Rabat agreement, leaving the possibility of maintaining his candidacy hovering.

Patrice Motsepe, first English speaker to head CAF

Patrice Motsepe, billionaire, owner of the Mamelodi Sundowns club, should thus become the first English speaker to lead the institution created in 1957 and based in Cairo.

CAF's image has been marred by financial scandals and the outgoing president, the Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad, was suspended for five years by Fifa in November on suspicion of corruption.

He was temporarily reinstated in his functions by a decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at the end of January.

The Malagasy was also heard on March 2 and 3 by the CAS and is now desperately waiting to know the verdict of this supreme body in sports disputes.

Ahmad wanted to run for a second term but saw his candidacy rejected.

According to several close sources, Patrice Motsepe has the preference of Fifa, who wants someone new, not involved in the old management, to attract new sponsors, investors and give CAF a better image after all. that happened.

Fifa President

Gianni Infantino

has denied interfering in the CAF elections.

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