FOOTBALL - FIFA Presidential Election

Tribunal Arbitral du Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport
MEDIA RELEASE
FIFA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
HRH PRINCE ALI AL HUSSEIN REQUESTS URGENT INTERIM MEASURES AT
THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS)
Lausanne, 23 February 2016 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal and
request for urgent provisional measures filed by HRH Prince Ali Al Hussein of Jordan against a
decision taken by the FIFA Ad-hoc Electoral Committee dated 15 February 2016 in which it declined
to incorporate the use of transparent voting booths for the upcoming FIFA Presidential Election.
HRH Prince Ali Al Hussein seeks an order that FIFA be directed to use transparent voting booths, as
well as independent scrutineers, in order to safeguard the integrity of the voting process and to ensure
that the vote is conducted in secret. FIFA has been invited to file written observations in reply to Prince
Ali’s request.
The request for provisional measures will be decided by CAS no later than the morning of Thursday
25 February 2016. In the meantime, the CAS will not comment on this pending matter.
For further information related to the CAS activity and procedures in general, please contact either Mr Matthieu
Reeb, CAS Secretary General, or Ms Katy Hogg, Communications Officer. Château de Béthusy, Avenue de
Beaumont 2, 1012 Lausanne, Switzerland. [email protected]; Tel: (41 21) 613 50 00; fax: (41 21) 613 50 01,
or consult the CAS website: www.tas-cas.org