When the Tribunal of an Olympic IF dismisses a complaint against the leadership of that federation, it is not initially something to rejoice about. Why not? Because, unfortunately, we see too many Olympic IFs and too many cases in which such internal legal bodies support the power structure and make absurdly non-transparent decisions in favour of the incumbent. We are seeing this happen again in World Triathlon and several other federations – and even the IOC's so-called Ethics Commission consistently comes up with the most absurd feints.
Having said that, it should nevertheless be stated that the ITTF Tribunal's decision on the appeal by the allegedly corrupt Qatari official Khalil Al-Mohannadi and his national federation QTTA is an appropriate one. Anyone who followed the turbulent election congress in Doha in May – whether in the reports in this newsletter, on YouTube or on site – and is still in their right mind cannot come to any other conclusion.
Jens Weinreich
So that is the operative part of the decision of the ITTF Tribunal on the election congress, nothing more has been published (so far):
