Infantino backs controversial Lekjaa as he expands career into Moroccan politics

October 21 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has shielded Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) president and FIFA Council member Fouzi Lekjaa over his new role in the Moroccan government, claiming that FIFA is politically neutral. 

FIFA governance guidelines and rules on political neutrality imply that a politically active football administrator cannot sit on the organization’s powerful Council, but when quizzed about Lekjaa’s new role, Infantino said: “Under FIFA statutes FIFA is...