13:15 16/06/2015
Kuala Lumpur - The Asian Football Confederation remains
unmoved by reports that Sepp Blatter may seek to stay on as FIFA president
despite announcing his intention to resign amid a major corruption scandal.
Swiss newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag reported that Blatter had
not ruled out staying in office after being honoured by messages of support
from African and Asian football associations.
Support for Blatter's leadership has traditionally been
strong in the 46-nation Asian bloc but the AFC declined to throw its weight
behind any push to keep the Swiss in power for a fifth term.
"With regard to recent media stories, the Asian
Football Confederation confirms its position as previously outlined, namely
that the AFC takes note of the FIFA President's intention to step down at an
Extraordinary Congress scheduled to be called later this year or early 2016, which
will be the subject of the upcoming FIFA Executive Committee meeting on 20
July," the AFC said in a statement emailed to Reuters on Tuesday.
"AFC fully respects the decision of the FIFA President
to step down and is sure that it was taken after deep and careful
consideration."
Africa's soccer confederation (CAF) said on Monday it had
not heard of any of its members asking Blatter to stay on.
"At CAF level we are not aware of any African countries
who have written to ask Blatter to stay on," Kalusha Bwalya, a CAF
executive committee member and president of the Football Association of Zambia,
told Reuters.
"We feel it is better to get on with our own work in
the mean time and see what everyone has to say in the next months. Everybody is
waiting for clarity."
Reuters
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