Soccer-AFC to Refer Jordan FA Chief to Judicial Bodies over Infantino Claims
The AFC said Prince Ali’s claims lacked credible evidence and will be reviewed under its statutes after the Tokyo congress dispute.
- On Tuesday, The Asian Football Confederation announced it is referring Jordan Football Association President Prince Ali to judicial bodies after he accused FIFA President Gianni Infantino of hijacking the AFC Congress.
- Despite the confederation previously accusing Infantino of a "fundamental breach of trust" over the abandoned FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa endorsed his re-election at Friday's Tokyo congress.
- Prince Ali alleged that members could not speak or debate, describing the proceedings as "pure politics." The AFC rejected these claims, stating no representatives requested to speak.
- The AFC will refer Prince Ali's statements to judicial bodies, maintaining that "unsupported and entirely unsubstantiated allegations" require credible evidence to warrant disciplinary action.
- These accusations follow Prince Ali's August public attack, where he accused Infantino of "blackmail" and claimed FIFA offered to solve the kingdom's problems in exchange for his endorsement.
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Prince Ali, president of the Jordanian Football Association, has criticized FIFA president Gianni Infantino. For this he could be punished. The Asian Football Confederation has launched an investigation against the prince.
The statements of the President of the Jordanian Federation, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, were transmitted to the judicial bodies after his accusations against the General Assembly of the Asian Union in Tokyo under duress and lack of transparency.
Kuala Lumpur: The AFL Committee on Discipline and Ethics has begun its statutory procedure for statements and accusations made by Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, President of the Jordanian Federation of Football of the Asian Union, including suspicions of bribery, threats and coercion linked to the work of the extraordinary General Assembly of the Continental Union, held last Friday in the Japanese capital.
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NettavisenThe Asian Football Confederation will investigate whether Jordanian football president Prince Ali can be punished after allegations that Gianni Infantino hijacked the congress for political purposes.
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