Haya’s FEI presidency to end in 13 months
Princess Haya’s eight-year presidency of the FEI volition cease inward Nov side past times side year, despite national federations looking to enact a dominion modify that would convey allowed her a tertiary four-year term.
Haya said piece she appreciated efforts nether agency to modify the statutes that would convey allowed her only about other 4 years, she felt 8 years was plenty inward such a role.
The tidings volition come upward every bit a stupor to many national federations, which valued her high international profile in addition to powerful connections.
She is a respected fellow member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in addition to was seen a potent advocate for equestrian sport at that level. Haya volition relinquish her IOC membership on leaving the presidency, having been elected to the Olympic trunk inward 2007 through her FEI role.
Haya volition locomote out the presidency inward Nov side past times side twelvemonth after 8 years every bit president of equestrian sport’s footing governing body.
It was the Jordanian princess who, inward her get-go coming together inward Lausanne, Switzerland, alongside the FEI Bureau inward 2006, proposed limiting FEI presidents to ii four-year terms.
“I suggested that reform, which was afterwards adopted every bit an FEI Statute, because it is essential to ensure fresh thinking in addition to avoid a feel of entitlement inside the leadership of an international sport federation,” she said.
“Whilst I rattling much appreciate in addition to am honoured past times efforts of the FEI Regional Group Chairpersons in addition to the National Federations to ameliorate the FEI Statutes to permit me, or whatever FEI president to essay a tertiary term, my views on the benefits of a two-term boundary convey non changed since the twenty-four hours I was elected.
“I dearest beingness FEI president. I am passionate most the piece of employment in addition to our sport. I dearest the people I piece of employment alongside at the national federations in addition to at headquarters.
“However, I cannot inward proficient conscience position aside my beliefs in addition to the commitment I made 7 years agone at in ane trial that the term boundary I supported applies to me.
“I am deeply grateful to all the national federations that favour changing the statutes to permit me a tertiary term.
“I am confident they volition sympathize why I experience I must croak along my give-and-take when my electrical current term ends side past times side year.”
Haya said she was get-go elected president because national federations wanted transparency, proficient governance in addition to change. She had promised a transformational presidency, she said.
“Together, through thick in addition to thin, nosotros convey achieved to a greater extent than than lxxx per centum of all pledges set downwardly inward my manifesto in addition to programme inward an open, democratic in addition to transparent manner.
“I am thus rattling proud of the people who worked together alongside me to accomplish this.
“My focus inward my finally twelvemonth inward business office is on delivering the remaining pledges. I volition consummate this shared mission alongside respect, conclusion in addition to unloose energy — in addition to alongside the back upward of the entire community in addition to to a higher house all the assist from 132 National Federations.”
Haya said she would locomote out the role knowing that the footing governing trunk was agree for the future.
“I volition piece of employment every bit difficult every bit always towards that destination until my finally twenty-four hours inward office. And in addition to thus I volition pace aside, confident that I convey done the correct thing.”
Two months ago, the nine regional grouping chairs of the FEI agreed unanimously to essay a statute modify which sought to exclude the president from the dominion stating that no bureau fellow member may severe to a greater extent than than ii consecutive total damage inward the same function. It proposed adding only about other dominion that the president locomote eligible for upward to 3 four-year terms.
The proposal is to larn to a vote when national federations assemble for the FEI’s General Assembly inward Montreux, Switzerland, inward November.
There is no clear successor to Haya at this stage.
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