Marrakesh, Morocco (dpa) - While a little hidden away in section E
titled "Any other business" of the two-day agenda Thursday and Friday
for the executive board of the ruling body FIFA, Michael Garcia's
resignation will elevate ethics committee matters to centre stage.
And the issue has a far bigger dimension than the task of the executives to
"appoint an acting chairman to serve as a replacement for Mr Garcia," according to a statement from late Wednesday.
FIFA's image reached yet another blow as Garcia said that "no independent governance committee, investigator, or arbitration panel can change the culture of an organization."
FIFA president Joseph Blatter said in a short statement: "I am surprised by Mr Garcia's decision. The work of the ethics committee will nonetheless continue and will be a central part of the discussions at the ExCo meeting in the next two days."
The investigator Garcia resigned the day after FIFA dismissed his appeal against its summary of his investigation into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
In a statement Garcia, a former United States attorney, said there was a "lack of leadership" at FIFA, he had lost confidence in Hans-Joachim Eckert, the chairman of the ethics committee's adjudicatory chamber, and that "his role in this process is at an end."
Russia won the right to host the 2018 World Cup with the 2022 edition going to Qatar. But following allegations of corruption, Garcia was commissioned to investigate and report on the bidding process for the events.
"The report identified serious and wide-ranging issues with the bidding and selection process," according to Garcia on Wednesday. Eckert's summary of the report, published in November, cleared Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing.
Garcia immediately appealed the summary issued by Eckert, saying his report had been misrepresented. But the appeal was deemed "not admissible" by FIFA as it claimed the summary "does not constitute a decision and as such is neither legally binding nor appealable."
German executive Theo Zwanziger plans another attempt to have the Garcia report published in full, and also on the Marrakesh agenda will be labour laws in Qatar.
"FIFA in turmoil," said British paper The Guardian on Thursday, and Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung said that "Garcia's move is the temporary climax of a quarrel which has blown up over a long period."
UEFA president Michel Platini, who wants Blatter to stand down as FIFA boss next year, named Garcia's exit "a new failure."
Former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne, who plans to run against Blatter for the presidency, spoke of "a step backwards."
And the issue has a far bigger dimension than the task of the executives to
"appoint an acting chairman to serve as a replacement for Mr Garcia," according to a statement from late Wednesday.
FIFA's image reached yet another blow as Garcia said that "no independent governance committee, investigator, or arbitration panel can change the culture of an organization."
FIFA president Joseph Blatter said in a short statement: "I am surprised by Mr Garcia's decision. The work of the ethics committee will nonetheless continue and will be a central part of the discussions at the ExCo meeting in the next two days."
The investigator Garcia resigned the day after FIFA dismissed his appeal against its summary of his investigation into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
In a statement Garcia, a former United States attorney, said there was a "lack of leadership" at FIFA, he had lost confidence in Hans-Joachim Eckert, the chairman of the ethics committee's adjudicatory chamber, and that "his role in this process is at an end."
Russia won the right to host the 2018 World Cup with the 2022 edition going to Qatar. But following allegations of corruption, Garcia was commissioned to investigate and report on the bidding process for the events.
"The report identified serious and wide-ranging issues with the bidding and selection process," according to Garcia on Wednesday. Eckert's summary of the report, published in November, cleared Russia and Qatar of any wrongdoing.
Garcia immediately appealed the summary issued by Eckert, saying his report had been misrepresented. But the appeal was deemed "not admissible" by FIFA as it claimed the summary "does not constitute a decision and as such is neither legally binding nor appealable."
German executive Theo Zwanziger plans another attempt to have the Garcia report published in full, and also on the Marrakesh agenda will be labour laws in Qatar.
"FIFA in turmoil," said British paper The Guardian on Thursday, and Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung said that "Garcia's move is the temporary climax of a quarrel which has blown up over a long period."
UEFA president Michel Platini, who wants Blatter to stand down as FIFA boss next year, named Garcia's exit "a new failure."
Former FIFA executive Jerome Champagne, who plans to run against Blatter for the presidency, spoke of "a step backwards."
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