By David Gold
May 31 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has taken a break from defending world football’s governing body from public criticism and bribery allegations to confirm that Bosnia has had a suspension preventing it from competing in international football lifted.
Bosnia are fourth in Group D of the Euro 2012 qualifiers, and face Romania and Albania next week.
Having been suspended by UEFA and FIFA for failing to end the practise of having a three person rotating presidency, Bosnia has adopted a new statute which brings in a new single person Presidency.
The Bosnians had a Serb, a Croat and an ethnic Muslim holding the post on an 18 month rotation system; a relic of the ethnic conflict which tore apart Yugoslavia in the 1990s and led to the country’s formation.
FIFA had tolerated the practise until earlier this year, when they deemed that the country had taken long enough to adapt and change the system.
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