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Jack Warner concedes loss of seat in Trinidad and Tobago parliament
Source: Associated Press
Jack Warner concedes loss of seat in Trinidad and Tobago parliament
Associated Press
Thursday 10 September 2015 03.07 BST
Jack Warner, the former Fifa official accused of corruption, conceded he had lost his seat in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament as the incumbent party was voted out in elections and a new prime minister took office.
Warner, one of 14 people indicted in the US-led prosecution involving international football’s governing body Fifa, looked to have lost his Chaguanas East constituency by a large margin. “This is my last hurrah in politics,” the 71-year-old former Fifa vice-president said after the vote.
Warner, 72, swept up in a scandal that has rocked the world football governing body since it broke in May, is a long-time parliament member.
He launched his own party, the ILP, in 2013 after the prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, sacked him from his cabinet. His implication in the Fifa scandal has left him fighting extradition to the US.
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Associated Press
Thursday 10 September 2015 03.07 BST
Jack Warner, the former Fifa official accused of corruption, conceded he had lost his seat in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament as the incumbent party was voted out in elections and a new prime minister took office.
Warner, one of 14 people indicted in the US-led prosecution involving international football’s governing body Fifa, looked to have lost his Chaguanas East constituency by a large margin. “This is my last hurrah in politics,” the 71-year-old former Fifa vice-president said after the vote.
Warner, 72, swept up in a scandal that has rocked the world football governing body since it broke in May, is a long-time parliament member.
He launched his own party, the ILP, in 2013 after the prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, sacked him from his cabinet. His implication in the Fifa scandal has left him fighting extradition to the US.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/10/jack-warner-concedes-loss-of-seat-in-trinidad-and-tobago-parliament