Kuala Lumpur: The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) cannot elect a replacement for banned president Mohammad Bin Hammam until after May 30 next year, the regional organisation's legal committee said on Friday.
Soccer's governing body FIFA slapped a life ban on Bin Hammam at the conclusion of a two-day ethics committee hearing last Saturday for attempting to bribe Caribbean officials during his withdrawn presidential challenge to incumbent Sepp Blatter.
The 62-year-old Bin Hammam, who was originally suspended by FIFA on May 29, has written to the AFC executive committee saying he would not resign his position and the panel seemed in no hurry to replace the Qatari.
"The members were informed that the legal committee is in agreement that an Extraordinary Congress for the election of president may be convened in the event that the office of president falls vacant for more than one year," the AFC said on its website (www.the-afc.com) after a marathon executive committee meeting.
"This means that an Extraordinary Congress for this purpose could not be convened until after 30 May, 2012."
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