A Normalization Committee has been established by FIFA to oversee the administration of football in El Salvador.
After the FESFUT Executive Committee and secretary general were suspended by the Salvadoran National Sports Institute, FIFA appointed a panel to manage the day-to-day operations of the Salvadoran Football Association (FESFUT).
The National Sports Institute of El Salvador is a government organisation.
In response to a criminal probe into allegations of fraud and money laundering at the FESFUT, it decided to suspend the FESFUT leadership and set up its own normalisation panel.
The investigation has included a raid of FESFUT headquarters.
However, FIFA deems the Salvadoran National Sports Institute’s actions as undue Government interference so instead is setting up its own Normalisation Committee for the FESFUT.
Chief among its tasks will be overseeing the election of a new FESFUT Executive Committee.
Hugo Carrillo’s mandate as FESFUT President expired at the end of July, so too the rest of the former Executive Committee.
An audit of FESFUT finances, review of its statutes and the installation of a framework for the proper management of funds from FIFA and the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) are also due to take place.
All matches in the Salvadoran Primera División, the country’s top professional league, have been suspended since last month because of the crisis at the FESFUT.
FFA and COCACAF are to collaborate on the appointment of Normalisation Committee members, with a time limit for its mandate not yet set.
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