CONCACAF strikes back, wants Blazer to explain conduct

The acting President of CONCACAF on Monday ordered a halt to all contractual arrangements with the law firm, Collins and Collins with immediate effect.

That's the firm that prepared the file that was used to cause the provisional suspension of Jack Warner and three others.

Lisle Austin called on Warner's accuser, General Secretary Chuck Blazer, to provide an explanation within 48 hours on what authority he used to unilaterally hire the law firm Collins and Collins to conduct investigations into allegations of misconduct by members of CONCACAF.

The CONCACAF Senior Vice President was elevated to the position of acting president Monday morning following the controversial suspension of Warner by the FIFA Ethics Committee on Sunday afternoon.

Austin dispatched a letter dated May 30th, 2011 to Blazer's hotel hotel in Zurich, asking Blazer to provide minutes of the meeting or any evidence to show that the FIFA Executive Committee authorised the hiring of the law firm.

The Executive Committee is the duly elected body of the CONCACAF, charged solely with the responsibility of making decisions of such nature.

Austin has also called upon the General Secretary to explain the procedure and rationale behind his decision on Monday to select five non-elected members of CONCACAF to represent the Confederation at Tuesday's congress.