ZURICH (AP)—FIFA’s directorship council rejected a make off to limit the semester of soccer’s president to eight years.

Members voted 15-5 with one abstention Friday to propel loophole a proposal by Asian confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam, which would entertain charmed potency in support of the nomination in May 2011. It was viewed as an rift summons to Sepp Blatter, who was elected in 1998 and intends to take flight in compensation a fourth term.

The ticket indicated that Bin Hammam lacks enough bear to mount a alarming challenge.

“The status quo can be other than it is today, in January 2011,” Bin Hammam told The Associated Press.

A 60-year-old Qatari, Bin Hammam, has represented Asia on FIFA’s master board since 1996. Aside from his own suffrage, Bin Hammam said he got be supportive of from his three Asian colleagues—Chung Mong-Joon of South Korea, who also has presidential ambitions; Japan’s Junji Ogura; and Worawi Makudi of Thailand. He declined to name the fifth backer.

Bin Hammam said he last will and testament not renew his design at the FIFA Congress, scheduled June 9-10 in Johannesburg ahead of the World Cup opener.

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