MIAMI: The scandal-tainted ruling body for football in North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF) said Monday it will not seek to immediately appoint a new president following the suspension of incumbent Alfredo Hawit.
CONCACAF said in a statement the organization — which has seen several officials targeted in the US-led investigation into FIFA corruption — would be led by its executive committee until an election in May next year.
“The Confederation’s Executive Committee (EXCO) voted unanimously to not appoint a successor President of CONCACAF and to operate the Confederation through the members of the EXCO as a whole until a new President is democratically elected by its Member Associations,” a CONCACAF statement said.
The vote to replace Hawit — who was suspended after being named in a US Justice Department indictment last week — will be held in Mexico City on May 12, 2016 during CONCACAF’s Congress.