Scala told newsmen on Wednesday that such a move, similar to the rotating presidency of the EU, would address governance issues and also ease the current problem of a short list of candidates to succeed Joseph Blatter in February.
“Why do we need to focus on one person who would lead FIFA for the next eight or 12 years, whatever the term limits are? Why not have a presidency which rotates every four years?
“Presidents could be nominated by the six confederations.
“Each confederation would have the right to have a president for, say, four years. Why should a European run FIFA for the next 12 years?” Scala said.
Scala added that it would also diminish the power of an individual president, and help eliminate the old boys’ network and better represent the diversity of football worldwide.
A FIFA reform commission has so far only recommended term limits of 12 years for presidents; whereas Blatter has been in office for 17 years.
Scala also addressed the “disloyal payment” of 2 million Swiss francs from Blatter to UEFA boss Platini from which no written contract exists.
The payment is under a Swiss criminal investigation and led to the suspension of both by the FIFA ethics committee, which later was to go public with other cases it is dealing with.
“The key points are a conflict of interest and the non-accrual of the 2 million Swiss francs in FIFA’s accounts.
“Both parties admit that there was an agreement about the 2 million Swiss francs, but that amount was never recorded in FIFA’s accounts until the payment occurred.
“That is a serious omission, and both parties were members of FIFA’s executive committee and knowingly approved each year financial statements which were incorrect by 2 million Swiss francs.
“That could be seen as falsification of the accounts,’’ Scala said.
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