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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Paul MacInnes

More than 100,000 people add names to complaint against Gianni Infantino

Gianni Infantino holds his hands together as if in prayer
Gianni Infantino will seek re-election as Fifa president next year. Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters

More than 100,000 people have added their names to a complaint against Gianni Infantino, alleging the Fifa president has “at a minimum, abused his power, violated his duty of political neutrality, and violated his duty of loyalty” through his interactions with Donald Trump.

The Reboot Fifa campaign was launched before the World Cup with the aim of delivering “the biggest complaint Fifa has ever received” over the organisation’s alleged failings of governance. The campaign has since extended the scope of its accusations to include the reversal of the ban for Folarin Balogun at the tournament and the aborted Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) scheme.

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