FIFA President Reasserts His Innocence at Online General Assembly September 19 4:21
Infantino, chairman of the FIFA-International Football Federation, reiterated his innocence at an online FIFA general meeting on the 18th that he was being investigated by the Swiss prosecutor's office.
Swiss prosecutors have been investigating FIFA since 2015 for fraudulent exchanges of money between former executives such as former chairman Burrata.
Infantino was suspected of being involved in criminal acts such as abuse of authority and leakage of secrets during multiple informal meetings with the former prosecutor-general, who had commanded the series of investigations. Is being investigated by the prosecutor's office.
Under these circumstances, President Infantino said at the FIFA General Assembly held online on the 18th, "It was my duty to protect the organization as the chairman of FIFA that I met with the former Attorney General in Switzerland, and in the past. It was necessary to get out of corruption, "he insisted on the legitimacy of the visit.
He emphasized that he will continue to do his utmost to reform the organization, saying, "We will move forward to be reborn from the corrupt FIFA before 2015."
Furthermore, at a press conference after the general meeting, when asked that the explanation of the visit was not transparent, he said, "I met at the former prosecutor's office, not in secret. With the former prosecutor. It's a ridiculous idea to make a strange attempt, "he reiterated his innocence.