Blatter threatens to jail accusing him of corruption

President of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Joseph Blatter in an interview with the German edition of Bunte, said that people accusing him of corruption should be held responsible for defamation.

“Anyone who accuses me of corruption must first prove it. No one can do this because I am not guilty, ”Blatter said. He stressed that he willingly accepts constructive criticism, but the allegations that once there is corruption in FIFA, it is also corrupt, is wrong. “Those who make such statements without evidence should be sent to prison for defamation,” Blatter said.

At the FIFA 29 congress in May, Joseph Blatter was re-elected for another term, but four days later объявил about resigning amid corruption scandals.

27 May in Zurich, at the request of US justice, on suspicion of corruption, seven FIFA officials were arrested. The charges were brought 14 former and current football functionaries. According to the US Department of Justice, for the year 24, they received bribes worth about 150 million dollars.