Anouma condemns CAF new electoral rule

JACQUES Anouma, one of Africa's leading football administrators, has denounced the recent ruling banning anyone from outside the continent's inner sanctum from challenging Issa Hayatou for the presidency ofConfederation of African Football (CAF).The contentious new electoral rule was adopted at CAF's recent annual congress and effectively puts paid to the aspirations of figures such as Anouma and FIFA 2010 World Cup organiser Danny Jordaan from unseating Hayatou.The amendment to the CAF statutes states that those members without Executive Committee voting rights are not eligible to run for the continent's top football job.The obvious knock-on effect is that Hayatou, who has run African football for 35 years but has been tarnished by allegations of corruption, will be re-elected unopposed next year.Last year Hayatou was reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for having accepted kickbacks from FIFA's former marketing partner ISL although he claimed the money was to fund CAF 40th anniversary celebrations.Anouma, from Ivory Coast, is one of Africa's representatives on FIFA's Executive Committee but is only an ex-officio member of CAF's top brass.
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