The African football leader prevented from going for FIFA’s top job says delegates must reject proposed reforms at the sport’s scandal-hit global body as they would leave the President powerless.
The Liberian Football Association chief, Musa Bility, also predicted half of the continent’s votes in Friday’s FIFA presidential election would go to Prince Ali Hussein of Jordan.
Bility is one of the most outspoken leaders in African football.
But his FIFA presidential bid was foiled after he failed an integrity check.
FIFA’s 209-member national associations (FAs) each hold one vote in the poll to replace Sepp Blatter who has been banned for six years due to ethics violations.
Before the election at a special congress, the FAs will also be asked to pass a detailed package of reforms, including term limits for top officials and disclosure of earnings.
The reform is aimed at preventing a repeat of a graft scandal that has plunged FIFA into the worst crisis in its 112-year history.
Bility, however, said FIFA was putting the cart before the horse.
“These reforms send a very wrong signal … that we will have a president who will not have all the authority of the president of FIFA,” he told the media.
“Let us focus on choosing the right person, someone we trust, someone we believe in, and entrust the organisation to that person and then let that person lead the reform.
“We must not make the mistake of choosing wrong people and correcting that wrong by putting laws that will impede the authority of the president,” added Bility.
