BRIDGETOWN-The Caribbean Foot­ball Union says it will co-op­er­ate with Fi­fa's in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to bribery al­le­ga­tions, as it seeks to bring an end to the con­flict that has sent shock­waves through the glob­al fra­ter­ni­ty. Act­ing CFU pres­i­dent Cap­tain Ho­race Bur­rell gave the as­sur­ance af­ter a de­ci­sion was made to con­duct the in­ter­views in the Ba­hamas in­stead of Mi­a­mi. Sev­er­al CFU mem­bers were op­posed to Mi­a­mi, USA, as a venue for the in­ter­views, claim­ing that it gave the in­ves­ti­ga­tion an in­her­ent Amer­i­can bias. "In light of the at­tempts to ad­dress the chal­lenges fac­ing the Caribbean Foot­ball Union as well bring clo­sure to the Ethics Com­mit­tee pro­ceed­ings, mem­bers of the Caribbean Foot­ball Union will ful­ly co-op­er­ate with any in­ves­ti­ga­tion be­ing con­duct­ed on be­half of the Fi­fa Ethics Com­mit­tee" Bur­rell said.

The in­ter­views are part of a Fi­fa ethics com­mit­tee in­ves­ti­ga­tion prob­ing al­le­ga­tions that bribes were giv­en to CFU mem­bers at a meet­ing in Port-of-Spain, T&T last month with Fi­fa pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Mo­hamed Bin Ham­mam. Sus­pend­ed Fi­fa vice pres­i­dent Jack Warn­er has re­fused to an­swer ques­tions sur­round­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to pos­si­ble mis­con­duct. Speak­ing yes­ter­day fol­low­ing an en­vi­ron­men­tal walk put on by the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port Min­istry, the usu­al­ly en­gag­ing min­is­ter, when asked by the me­dia if he was go­ing to the Ba­hamas to face the in­ves­ti­ga­tor ap­point­ed by Fi­fa, re­spond­ed: "I not an­swer­ing them ques­tions. What you wast­ing my time for? I not talk­ing to all you about that. Re­spect my wish­es, nah."