Platini completes the appeals process against his Fifa-
imposed suspension from all footballing activities.
Platini and his Fifa counterpart Sepp Blatter were each
handed eight-year bans in December following an
investigation by Fifa's Independent Ethics Committee into a
payment of two million Swiss francs (£1.3m) made by Fifa,
and authorised by Blatter, to the former France captain in
February 2011.
The Investigatory Chamber of the Ethics Committee is
seeking to increase the punishment, meaning Blatter and
Platini - who both each deny any wrongdoing - could be
landed with life bans from football.
French newspaper L'Equipe reported this week that Uefa
would seek to hold an election in May to replace Platini, who
entered his post in January 2007.
But in a statement released on Friday, Ufea confirmed that it
would not hold any ballot until Platini had carried his appeal
to the relevant sporting bodies, possibly including the Court
of Arbitration for Sport.
"At its inaugural meeting of 2016 at the House of European
Football in Nyon, the Uefa Executive Committee decided
there will be no Uefa presidential election scheduled until the
sports justice appeal bodies, including potentially the Court
of Arbitration for Sport, have taken a decision regarding
Michel Platini’s suspension," read the statement.
“The Uefa Executive Committee and Uefa’s national
associations would like to state that we have taken note of
the decision of the Fifa Ethics Committee to suspend the
Uefa President, Michel Platini. We hope his name is cleared
and that he can return to the European football family as
quickly as possible.”
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