ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert and investigator Michael Garcia have met for the first time since their public disagreement and agreed a report into the 2018/2022 World Cups bid process should be further reviewed.
They decided yesterday that Garcia’s report on his investigation into the turbulent bidding process would be sent to the chairman of FIFA’s audit and compliance committee, Domenico Scala, who would in turn decide how much of the report should be sent to the FIFA executive committee.They also confirmed that the ethics committee had opened a number of formal cases against individuals following Garcia’s 18-month investigation which produced a 430-page report.
Eckert, head of the ethics committee’s adjudicatory chamber, said in a 42-page statement last week there were no grounds to reopen the bidding process which led to Russia and Qatar getting the tournaments run by FIFA, world soccer’s governing body.
