FIFA confirms presidency election To Hold in February 2016 As Planned

FIFA has confirmed on their official Twitter account, that  its presidential election will proceed as planned on February 26, 2016, when there will be a vote for a new president.

This is a big blow to Michel Platini's and his aspiration to t replace Sepp Blatter, as FIFA also confirmed that it will not allow Platini to contest in the election.

A FIFA statement read:


 "Domenico Scala, in his capacity as chairman of the FIFA Ad-hoc Electoral Committee, provided information to the Executive Committee regarding the ongoing process for the FIFA presidential election.
"He explained that candidacies for the FIFA Presidency that are submitted in due time and form, but which relate to candidates who are subject to a (provisional or definite) ban from taking part in any football-related activity, will not be processed by the Ad-hoc Electoral Committee as long as such ban is valid and in force."

This leaves Prince Ali bin al Hussein and David Nakhid as the front runners. As they have officially stated their intention to run for the FIFA presidency.