My guilt decided in advance – Platini
Suspended European soccer chief, Michel Platini , has accused FIFA ethics committee of denying him a fair hearing on the corruption allegations against him and finding him guilty in advance.
Platini declined to attend a meeting of the ethics committee on Friday, instead sending a statement which was read out by his lawyer and released to the media on Saturday.
“I decided not to come before you to present my explanations in person. For one reason, and one only: I’ve already been judged, I’ve already been found guilty,” supersport.com quoted the former French midfielder as saying in the statement.
Platini was the favourite to replace Sepp Blatter as head of football’s world governing body FIFA but has himself become mired in the corruption scandal engulfing the sport, in which dozens of former top officials and marketing executives have been indicted by United States authorities.
“I no longer have confidence in the disciplinary bodies of FIFA. They have shown their bias, their prejudices, their inability to respect confidentiality, the presumption of innocence and the rights of the defence,” he added.
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