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Blatter had all his rights: FIFA committee

Rejects claims that president wasn’t allowed to give evidence prior to ban

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Rejects claims that president wasn’t allowed to give evidence prior to ban. PHOTO: AFP

ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics committee on Friday rejected claims by suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter that he was not allowed to give evidence before he was banned for 90 days.

“He had all his rights, including explaining himself in all necessary details. And with his lawyer,” ethics committee spokesman Andreas Bantel told AFP.

After the 79-year-old’s suspension, his lawyers said: “Blatter was disappointed that the ethics committee did not follow the code of ethics and disciplinary code, both of which provide for an opportunity to be heard.”

The New York Times reported on Friday that Blatter had appealed against the ban, complaining that he only found out about it after it was made public.

But ethics committee spokesman Andreas Bantel said Blatter had been given the chance to put his case on October 1.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 10^th, 2015.

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