The Bermuda Football Association has refused to say who it will vote for in today’s Fifa presidential election.

Larry Mussenden, the BFA president, is in Zurich in his capacity as chairman of the Fifa ad-hoc electoral committee, while Mark Wade, the BFA first vice-president, Gregory Grimes, the second vice-president and executive member Crenstant Williams will attend today’s Fifa congress and election.

Traditionally, Bermuda, as part of Concacaf, has backed Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president. However, this year the region’s individual associations were given a free vote by Jeffrey Webb, the Concacaf president, who was arrested on Wednesday as part of the investigation into the massive fraud that has rocked the sport.

Webb, along with Charles Blazer and Jack Warner, his predecessors at Concacaf, and others, has been accused of a variety of offences including bribery, corruption and racketeering. The majority of Caribbean nations, Bermuda included, have benefited from millions of dollars worth of Fifa investment during Blatter’s reign.

In March the BFA said that the “executive council will review all submissions from candidates and then determine the way forward.”

Uefa briefly considered boycotting the vote, but will take part and are likely to back Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, Blatter’s only challenger.

“Enough is enough,” Michel Platini, the Uefa president, said.

“People no longer want him anymore and I don’t want him anymore either.”

Platini met privately with Blatter and asked him to go. “I am asking you to leave Fifa, to step down because you are giving Fifa a terrible image,” Platini said he told Blatter.

“In terms of our image, it is not good at all and I am the first one to be disgusted by this.”

For his part, the Fifa president refused to resign yesterday and claimed that he could not be held responsible for the actions of “a tiny minority”.

Blatter, who is seeking a fifth term in office, said: “I am sure more bad news will follow. I know many people hold me ultimately responsible. I cannot monitor everyone all of the time.”

Deflecting blame for the scandal, Blatter instead insisted he was the right man to guide Fifa through an incident that had brought “shame and humiliation” on his organisation.

“If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it,” he said. “I will not allow the actions of a few to destroy the hard work and integrity of the vast majority of those who work so hard for football.”

Blatter said the crisis could mark a “turning point” for Fifa to clean itself up.

“We will co-operate with all authorities to make sure anyone involved in wrongdoing, from top to bottom, is discovered and punished,” he said. “There can be no place for corruption of any kind.

“The next few months will not be easy for Fifa, but it is necessary to begin to restore trust in our organisation.”

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