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A FIFA delegation arrives in Cairo over the next few days to discuss the committee’s future and determine the deadline for the elections and the duration of the new council, whether continuing for one year until the Tokyo Olympics or a full session.
On the other hand, Foreign Minister Mohamed Al-Mashata, legal adviser to the Football Association, emphasized the need to unify the legal texts between the Egyptian Sports Law and the regulations of the basic system of the Football Association, the International Olympic Committee and the International Football Association “FIFA”, before the next elections to choose a new board to administer the Football Association. To preserve the stability of Egyptian football and protect the upcoming elections from electoral appeals.
The theme said, the theme of holding elections Football Association For a period of one year, it needs careful study, especially since Sports Law No. 71 of 2017 stipulates that the session is for 4 years, and the Football Association Regulations confirm that elections after the Olympics are summer, especially that the Olympic Games were postponed for a year to be held in 2021..
Mohamed Al-Mashta added, will the Olympics be held in 2024 on time or will they be postponed until 2025? That is, the legal position if the elections were held in accordance with the Sports Law will be held after one year, but this will bring us to the issue of appeals and must be stable. If we modify the list, the elections They can be held in August or September, and the closest thing to the right is for elections to take place after the Olympics..
He continued, if the 2024 Olympics will become the duration of the Council only 3 years, and the issue should be studied by the International Olympic Committee and the International Federation, noting that the establishment of links in the list of the new Football Association, Since the Association of Professional Clubs can manage competitions and sell advertising rights, but the current sports law does not have a declaration of links, because advertising in the Ministry of Solidarity violates international regulations.
