In light of the recent controversy of corruption surrounding international football governing body FIFA and its infamous dictatorial former president Sepp Blatter, Singaporeans have clamouring to know who the country’s representative voted for in the recent FIFA presidential election.
Embroiled in very deep pot of allegations of systemic bribery and corruption in the organization, Blatter managed to hold on to his role as the organization’s president since 1998, getting re-elected in 2002, 2007, 2011 and even in the latest one in 2015, securing 133 votes while 73 other national football associations cast their support for Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan.
The 79-year-old Swiss however announced his resignation as the president of FIFA, six days after the United States government indicted several current and former FIFA officials and sports marketing companies for bribery and money laundering.
Prior to the controversy, Blatter wasn’t exactly an angel — he was a known sexist, homophobic, and was running a severely corrupt organization among other churlish attributes.
Naturally, with the international spotlight being shined on the matter of Blatter and FIFA, folks are wondering who the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) — specifically its president Zainudin Nordin — voted for in the election.
Michael Ang however wrote a commentary on Yahoo Singapore, raising the question on why the FAS has been keeping mum about the whole matter, refusing to come clean with their voting choice and maintaining that “each vote is supposed to be secret” in response to a query by 938 Live last month. This was the reason they maintained, even in the face of other countries such as Canada, Australia, the United States and many European countries disclosing who they supported for in the election.
“It was a huge lack of transparency at FIFA for the past few decades that led to the current fiasco, yet the FAS insists on zero transparency regarding its FIFA vote,” Ang noted.
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