<\/a>Jack Warner, the controversial Fifa vice-president recently investigated over alleged corruption, has stepped down from his position at the footballing governing body.<\/p>\nThe 68-year-old, from Trinidad and Tobago, had been a member of the Fifa Executive Committee since 1983, and was suspended last month after he was accused of corruption.
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\nFifa accepted Mr Warner’s resignation – and the Ethics Committee investigation into bribery claims against him have now been dropped.<\/p>\n
Mr Warner, who has also quit as head of regional bodies CONCACAF and Caribbean Football Union (CFC) and had been the longest-serving member of FIFA’s executive committee, was suspended along with Asian football chief Mohamed bin Hammam.<\/p>\n
There were suspicions that the pair had been involved in bribery during the presidential election, which Sepp Blatter, unopposed, won.<\/p>\n
Full Article : sky.com<\/a><\/b><\/i> <\/p>\n June 21, 2011<\/b><\/p>\n Jack Warner resigns as FIFA VP<\/a><\/p>\n Jack Quits FIFA<\/a> Jack Shocker<\/a> I’ve been hung out to dry<\/a> Jack’s statement to FIFA<\/a> Transparency Institute not satisfied with FIFA approach<\/a><\/p>\n TTTI: Open independent probe to clear Warner’s name<\/a> <\/p>\n Resignation a year too late<\/a> Warner says he was undermined<\/a><\/p>\n Rowley: Gibbs must probe if Jack broke laws<\/a> <\/p>\n Sad day for Caribbean football, says Camps<\/a> <\/p>\n PNM: Jack’s sights set on local football<\/a><\/p>\n CoP still waiting on FIFA for info<\/a> <\/p>\n Warner: My new role is problems of T&T<\/a><\/p>\n UNC backs its chairman<\/a> A shadow still hangs over Mr Warner<\/a> Football’s loss may be T&T’s gain<\/a>
\nA CASE of bribery against Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner will not be pursued in light of his resignation from world football governing body FIFA. His resignation, announced yesterday, left questions over what happened at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in May at a meeting of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) lingering.<\/p>\n
\nIn a move that startled the country almost as much as his suspension from FIFA, Works Minister Jack Warner announced yesterday that he has resigned as vice-president from the world’s governing football body as well as CONCACAF and the Caribbean Football Union.<\/p>\n
\nAfter ending his near 30-year association with football’s governing body, FIFA, and before the conclusion of an inquiry into bribery allegations against him, Minister of Works and Transport Jack Warner has declared: “I’ve been hung out to dry.” <\/p>\n
\nBy letter, dated June 17, 2011, and effective on that date—as confirmed by the world football governing body\u2013I resigned the positions I had long held as FIFA vice president, president of Concacaf and president of the Caribbean Football Union. This decision is by my own volition and self-determination; albeit it comes during the sequel to the contentious Mohammed bin Hammam meeting in Port-of- Spain in May with CFU Delegates.<\/p>\n
\nAs news of the resignation of Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner from FIFA flooded the Internet local politicians have thrown their support behind Warner’s decision.<\/p>\n
\nTHE UNITED National Congress yesterday gave its full backing to its chairman Jack Warner in the wake of his announced resignation from FIFA and several other football bodies.<\/p>\n
\nThe resignation of Jack Warner as a FIFA vice-president is very convenient for both FIFA and Mr Warner himself. With the ethics investigation into allegations of bribery by Mr Warner closed as a result<\/p>\n
\nThe decision by Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner to resign as a vice president of FIFA, as the president of CONCACAF and as the president of the Caribbean Football Union would not have come as a surprise to anyone who has been following his announcements since his provisional suspension by the world football body<\/p>\n