FIFA Compliance Chief Quits, Saying Corruption Fight Threatened
- Resignation follows purported undermining of oversight bodies
- FIFA Congress gave council power to fire watchdogs Friday
Domenico Scala, Chairman of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee speaks during the 66th FIFA Congress at Centro Banamex in Mexico City, Mexico, on May 13, 2016.
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FIFA’s head of audit and compliance, Domenico Scala, quit Saturday to protest changes at the top of global soccer’s governing body that he said will imperil efforts to eliminate corruption.
Scala, who was with the organization for four years, said a vote Friday by FIFA to let the ruling council dismiss members of its independent advisory bodies would leave them “in danger of becoming auxiliary agents of those whom they should actually supervise.” The changes were made at the first congress under new President Gianni Infantino.