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00:00The African Union for Soccer, the CAF, will hold a re-election in the FIFA Council tomorrow
00:24The Egyptian capital, the General Assembly, is unusual and includes elections on the Presidency of the United Nations and members of the Executive Committee and representatives of the CAF in FIFA.
00:37And the eyes turn to the CAF representatives in the FIFA Council, where 13 candidates are included.
00:43They compete in the open elections on six seats, after the work was canceled by the geographic distribution system, either on behalf of the representatives of the six CAF areas or on behalf of the speakers in the CAF languages.
00:55Among the competitors in these elections is Fawzi Al-Aqja, the head of the Moroccan Royal Association of Soccer, the most prominent candidate to maintain his seat,
01:03and Hani Abu Wareeda, the head of the Egyptian Association of Soccer, and Ahmed Weld Yahya from Mauritania.
01:08It is pointed out that the CAF meetings are attended by Gianni Infantino, the head of the International Association of Soccer in FIFA.
01:15To talk about these elections, I have with me from Cairo the sports journalist Mohamed Saeed.
01:19Mr. Mohamed, welcome. First, can you tell us about the beginnings of this exceptional General Assembly,
01:25and what are the most prominent conclusions that have been drawn during it, especially on the level of the membership elections of the International Association?
01:32Welcome to you and to all the viewers in the Kingdom of Morocco.
01:40Perhaps the CAF will witness a strong competition and a big competition on some of the bases of the international union through its nomination in the African Union.
01:54Perhaps the elections of the African Union will witness the nomination of three details, three topics.
02:01First, the responsibility or part of the head of the African Union, which is the South African Patrice Mutsibi,
02:06we can say that he won this membership by nomination and became the head of the CAF.
02:10It's just a matter of time for the media officially.
02:13The same is true for the membership of the Executive Office of the CAF.
02:16Perhaps there will be elections in the south of the continent, in the area of Kusafa,
02:20but the rest of the geographical areas, we can say that all the other geographical areas,
02:25whether in the north of Africa, in the region of Sikafa, in the region of the Central African Unions,
02:29all of them will not have elections, they will have nominations.
02:32There are no candidates to nominate on these bases, and the candidates to nominate on these bases have no competitors,
02:37so it will be a nomination.
02:39But the real elections will be on the membership of the Executive Council of the International Union,
02:46and there will be a very big competition of 13 candidates to win on 5 bases.
02:52I think that a general meeting will be very hot,
02:56a very important presence for all the members of the African Union,
03:00including the head of the CAF, Gianni Infantino,
03:03and the Secretary General, Mathias, and all the members of the African Union.
03:09I believe that Mohamed, the nomination system has been changed to the FIFA Council,
03:14which was based on the geographical distribution now,
03:17an open election, 13 candidates, for 6 bases.
03:20What are the nominated names in your opinion to win on the FIFA bases?
03:28All of them are prominent names, and all of them have confidence in the African Union.
03:32What is surprising is that most of the names that were nominated for the FIFA membership
03:36were actually members of the Executive Office of the CAF,
03:39but this round, they left the African Union,
03:43and they have confidence in the International Union to win on the FIFA International Union bases.
03:50The most prominent names that left the CAF to nominate for the FIFA membership are
03:55the Senegalese, the President of the Senegalese Union, Justin Senghor,
03:59the President of the Mauritanian Union, Ahmed Ould Yahya,
04:02and he was the Vice President of the African Union.
04:05If we also talk about Djibouti, Suleiman Mouperi,
04:08he was a member of the Executive Office of the CAF,
04:10and he was the Vice President of the CAF, and he is currently nominating for the FIFA membership.
04:13These are the most prominent names that were present in the African Union membership,
04:17in addition to the previous nominees,
04:20the President of the Egyptian Union, Engineer Hany Abou Rida,
04:22the President of the Moroccan Royal Association, Mr. Fawzi Lakja,
04:26the President of the Nigerian Union, Amagou Panik,
04:28the President of the Nigerian Union, Hamidou Ibrahima Gabrel,
04:32who is also nominating,
04:34there is also Tchoukousi from Benin,
04:36and there are also three ladies who are nominating for this position,
04:40from Sierra Leone, Aisha Johansen,
04:43she is a member of the Executive Office of the previous FIFA,
04:46and also the fifth deputy to the President of the African Union,
04:49from the island of Qom, the President of the Island of Qom,
04:52Mrs. Kinizat Ibrahim,
04:54and there is also a nomination for the Burundian,
04:56which is Lydia Teixeira,
04:58she is back again to win and take the competitions.
05:01There is also the President of the European Union, Idrissa Diallo,
05:03a very large number, and the competition is very strong and intense,
05:06and there is also a nomination for a member of the area of Koussafa,
05:10the Zambian, Andrew Kamanga,
05:12there are many alliances, there are prominent names,
05:15the idea of nominating 13 people
05:18to gain the trust of the General Assembly to win five seats,
05:22because the sixth seat has already won,
05:24the South African, Patrice Motsibi,
05:26is the sixth seat by nomination,
05:28and therefore a very strong competition,
05:30there are alliances, there are groups,
05:32there may be withdrawals in the last hours
05:35in order to implement what was done four years ago
05:38in the elections that took place in Morocco,
05:40but we will wait and see
05:42what the elections will bring in the coming hours,
05:44we are talking about 24 hours of the term of resignation,
05:47but there will be victims
05:50to leave the African Union,
05:52if no one withdraws
05:54to gain the trust of the President of the African Union
05:56and to obtain the membership of the African Union by nomination,
06:00if he does not run for office,
06:02and therefore we are in front of two things,
06:04either a strong competition and serious elections,
06:06or withdrawals and polls,
06:08and people will lose their positions by nomination,
06:11and people will lose the trust of the General Assembly
06:13and become members of the Executive Council of the United States.
06:17Of course, what interests us more, Mr. Mohamed,
06:20in Morocco is the nomination of Fawzi Al-Aqja,
06:23the President of the Moroccan Royal College of Soccer.
06:25I would like to ask you about your opinion,
06:27after Al-Aqja was nominated in the CAF,
06:29from a work, especially from the side related to financial matters,
06:32and the organization of the CAF's finance,
06:34then the experience that he has enjoyed at the international level.
06:43He is one of the most prominent names nominated
06:46by the Executive Council of the United States.
06:48This gives us great confidence.
06:50I nominate Fawzi Al-Aqja and Hany Abu Rita to be among the most prominent names
06:54in these elections.
06:56But, of course, Mr. Fawzi Al-Aqja,
06:58for more than eight years in the African Union
07:01and in the United States,
07:03was able to put Morocco in a very good place
07:07in the African Union,
07:09especially after the end of his miserable life,
07:12which certainly witnessed the conflicts
07:14of some of the previous members
07:16or some of the current members.
07:18But we can say that the Moroccan Royal College
07:21put itself in a very strong position
07:23within the African Confederation.
07:25It also put itself in a very good position
07:27within the arms of the FIFA International Union.
07:30Morocco will organize the World Cup.
07:32It is not possible that the state
07:34that organized the World Cup in 2030
07:36and nominated it in the elections
07:38of the International Union in 2025
07:40will not exist.
07:42So, of course, there is confidence and interest.
07:44And what I know is that there is a big
07:46obligation and choice for two to three candidates.
07:49They have very big opportunities.
07:51The most prominent of them is Fawzi Al-Aqja
07:53and the Egyptian Hany Abu Rita.
07:55And there is also a competitor coming from far away,
07:57the Mauritanian Ahmed Woldi.
07:59For you, what role can the President of the International Union
08:03in Cairo play in determining these elections?
08:07And will he have an impact in nominating
08:09some of the candidates?
08:15Of course.
08:16Gianni Infantino has always been a
08:18vanguard of elections within the African Union.
08:20We all witnessed the 2021 elections
08:22held in Rabat in Morocco.
08:24There were many candidates.
08:26But after the meetings between Infantino
08:28and Mattis, who has now become
08:30the Secretary General,
08:32there were many withdrawals.
08:34As a result, there were no elections
08:37The situation is somewhat different
08:39in 2025.
08:40Why?
08:41In 2021, there was a nomination
08:43for geographical areas even in the
08:45FIFA International Union.
08:47But in 2025, the list has been changed
08:49and the nomination has become
08:51for the entire African continent.
08:53There are no geographical areas.
08:55There is no need to nominate for
08:57North Africa, Kusafa, or Sikafa.
08:59Everyone can nominate.
09:01And the African continent participates
09:03and votes on the names of the candidates.
09:05The President of the International Union
09:07has a working team that he likes to work with.
09:09Of course, one day I will have a role
09:11in the names that he hopes to succeed
09:13and gain the trust of the general public.
09:15But here we are facing a crossroads.
09:17In light of the fact that in the last
09:19two years in particular, there have been
09:21free elections for the heads of the
09:23unions and a large number of
09:25heads of the unions have been changed
09:27and there are new faces.
09:29Will the new faces gain the trust
09:31of the President of the FIFA
09:33and listen to him and support the
09:35idea of the names that the President
09:37of the International Union wants
09:39to nominate for the executive board
09:41in the next round?
09:43Or will there be a rejection of the
09:45idea of nominating for specific names
09:47and that the election process
09:49will be open to everyone
09:51and the members of the African Union
09:53to choose what they see appropriate?
09:55We are facing this dilemma
09:57that may reveal to us.
09:59Will Infantino, with the same
10:01name that was present in 2021,
10:03or will it differ in light of the
10:05entry of new names in the African
10:07Unions, mainly of course
10:09the Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o,
10:11who has now become a member of the
10:13executive board of the CAF after
10:15winning the case in the court
10:17against the African Union and
10:19against the International Union.
10:21The scene may differ greatly or
10:23may continue, but in light of
10:25Infantino's visit to the elections
10:27here in Cairo starting today,
10:29we may see a new form,
10:31a new style, or there may be
10:33a surprise in the next few hours.
10:35Yes.
10:37I will conclude with you with this question.
10:39In general, according to the nominations
10:41and the data we have talked about,
10:43according to your opinion, Mr. Mohammed Saeed,
10:45are we expecting a surprise
10:47for you?
10:53In my opinion, from the moment the
10:55main system of the African Union was
10:57established and the elections were
10:59held in all geographical areas
11:01so that there was no restriction
11:03on the issue of the geographical area
11:05or language, we can say that there
11:07will be victims in the elections
11:09of the Executive Council of the
11:11International Union. Why?
11:13If you look at the numbers and
11:15the names of the nominees, God
11:17speaks about 13 nominees,
11:19at least three of them were
11:21members of the African Union.
11:23Ibrahim's churches from the
11:25Mauritania.
11:27Suleiman Wapiri.
11:29The idea of continuity
11:31with Hala Abu Rida and Fawzia
11:33Lakja certainly means that
11:35Senghali and Justin Senghor,
11:37a member of the Executive Office of
11:39CAF and was a deputy head of CAF,
11:41will not be present. Amadou Benek
11:43al-Nigeri may have left
11:45and is not present. In addition,
11:47Aisha Johansen, the last representative
11:49of women in the Executive Council of
11:51the International Union of the African
11:53Union.
11:55We are talking about three prominent
11:57names that will be victims and
11:59will leave the African Union and
12:01the International Union.
12:03What if there are other names that
12:05have succeeded other than the
12:07names I mentioned? They are the
12:09deputies nominated by the FIFA
12:11organization, in addition to Hala Abu
12:13Rida and Fawzia Lakja.
12:15Therefore, there will also be
12:17victims, but with names that have
12:19more trust and weight in the
12:21names that were prominent in the
12:23African Union from one group to
12:25another. This will be clear in the
12:27coming hours, but we agree that
12:29there will be victims who will be
12:31excluded from the upcoming elections
12:33if Infantino does not succeed in
12:35convincing the public to withdraw
12:37before the last hours of the
12:39inauguration tomorrow in Cairo,
12:41God willing.
12:43Osad Mohamed Saeed,
12:45journalist and athlete.
12:47You were with me from Egypt.
12:49This is the end of Maxi Sports.
12:51Goodbye.