Banned Blatter still getting paid
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FIFA鈥檚 Sepp Blatter may have been banned for eight years from the game but he is still receiving his president鈥檚 salary from world soccer鈥檚 governing body, a spokesman for FIFA鈥檚 Audit and Compliance Committee said on Monday.
Blatter was suspended for 90 days by FIFA on October 8 and then banned from the game for eight years last month for ethics violations over a US$2 million payment FIFA made to European soccer boss Michel Platini with Blatter鈥檚 approval in 2011.
But Swiss Blatter, who has been president of FIFA since 1998, will continue to be paid until a new president is elected on February 26, the spokesman Andreas Bantel said. That would mean Blatter would have been paid for nearly five months during which time he was unable to carry out his duties, and a period in which FIFA has appointed an acting president, African soccer head Issa Hayatou.
The compensation sub-committee of FIFA鈥檚 Audit and Compliance Committee recently ruled that it could stop Blatter鈥檚 bonuses but not, according to his contract, his salary. 鈥淯ntil the election of a new president on February 26, Mr Blatter is the elected president and therefore 鈥 according to his contract 鈥 is entitled to receive his remuneration,鈥 Bantel said.
FIFA is facing the worst corruption crisis in it history as a total of 41 individuals and entities, including many former FIFA officials, have been charged with corruption-related offenses in the United States. The US investigation is far from over and FIFA also faces a parallel Swiss probe.
Blatter鈥檚 bonuses have been stopped because he was not carrying out his duties of supervising the organization, including its general secretary.
Only last week, FIFA announced that Jerome Valcke was fired from his position as general secretary. It gave no reason but an investigation had followed allegations of corruption related to World Cup ticket sales. 鈥淭he duty of supervision is listed explicitly in the target agreements for the payment of bonuses. The compensation committee has therefore decided, at its last meeting, not to make any further bonus payments to Mr Blatter,鈥 said Bantel.
The size of Blatter鈥檚 compensation from FIFA has remained secret although reforms to be voted on at the organization鈥檚 February Congress call for the disclosure of individual compensation for the president and top executives.
It is also unclear what Hayatou is getting paid to be acting president.
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