Mr. Blatter Should Step Down (2015.05.29)

I have known Mr. Sepp Blatter for more than 20 years. He is a smart man. He has built up FIFA into the richest and most powerful sports organization in the world.

However, to our great disappointment, FIFA has become one of the most distrusted organization in the world. I am afraid corruption in FIFA is systemic and deep-rooted. The history of corruption in FIFA coincides with Sepp Blatter’s tenure as the head of that organization.

It is clear that Mr. Blatter cannot reform FIFA. The only way to save football is for Mr. Blatter to step down. For the sake of the game we love so much, I urge Mr. Blatter to resign as soon as possible, irrespective of the election results.

2015. 5. 29
M. J. Chung
Honorary Vice President of FIFA

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The Full Transcript from the Investigative Chamber

Geoff Thompson: No, it didn’t; it didn’t get to that stage. I think Japan was knocked out first, and then Korea.

Michael Garcia: And then Qatar won.

Geoff Thompson: Yeah, Qatar won on their own.

Michael Garcia: Okay. And –

Geoff Thompson: And that was done because—and I’ll be quite truthful and honest—it was a meeting with Dr. Chung –

Michael Garcia: Mm-hm.

Geoff Thompson: – with the Prime Minister, and, I don’t know that Prince William was there or not, and they asked him to vote, uh, for England. He said he would if my—my friend would vote and I would vote for, uh, Korea. Well, I was thinking of doing that, but if you are saying you’re going to vote for England, and I’ll give my—you know –

Michael Garcia: And then he didn’t.

Geoff Thompson: [INDISCERNIBLE] And he didn’t. I thought, you know, it got killed by David Dein, and [INDISCERNIBLE] the next morning, there they are.

Michael Garcia: Were you there when Dean confronted Chung?

Geoff Thompson: Yeah.

Michael Garcia: And what did he say?

Geoff Thompson: He didn’t say anything, he just tried to walk away. And I had a problem, because I had known Chung and whatever, and I had to meet him them in the UAU or whatever it was, the Club World Campionship very soon afterwards.