Defiant FIFA president Blatter set to be re-elected amid corruption scandal

May 29, 2015 09:41

The 209 members of FIFA are set to vote for their new president at their congress in Zurich, amid a huge corruption scandal. Sepp Blatter is seeking a fifth term; his only challenger is Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan.

In his first public comments since the scandal became public, Blatter, 79, used a speech opening FIFA's annual congress yesterday to deflect responsibility for FIFA's problems and simultaneously suggest he was willing and capable of solving them.

The vote comes two days after seven top officials were held in Zurich in a US fraud inquiry that indicted 14 people. Blatter has faced calls to quit but says he is not responsible for the scandal and is favourite to win.

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