Max Mosley stated to a British newspaper this Sunday that he intended to stay in place and fight the gossip despite multiple calls urging him to resign from his position as FIA president.<\/p>\n
The 68-year-old Englishman decided to give his first interview since the scandal broke due to the negative publicity generated by his alleged sexual activities with five prostitutes.<\/p>\n
Mosley reaffirmed that he will not leave his position of his own accord because at least 70% of automobile club presidents want to see him continue his mission.<\/p>\n
“I have received letters from club presidents saying ‘I think you should resign’ or ‘I think you should reconsider your position’. Others tell me ‘you absolutely must stay, don’t flinch a millimeter'” he commented.<\/p>\n
The people who criticized him are most often those who are against eccentric sexual activities.<\/p>\n
\u00ab But most people like this eccentricity when it doesn’t harm anyone. \u00bb<\/p>\n
The FIA assembly, composed of 222 members, will vote on June 3 to determine if Mosley can remain president of the world automobile organization.<\/p>\n
\u00ab That’s the question they must ask themselves, \u00bb he stated to the Sunday Telegraph.<\/p>\n
Whatever may happen on June 3rd, Mosley insists that a possible re-election in 2009 was never his objective.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I would never have gone beyond 2009, \u00bb he said, explaining that working efficiently at the age of 73 would be \u00ab very marginal \u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I kept silent because I learned from Tony Blair’s lesson that the day you announce your withdrawal from public life, you lose all influence.<\/p>\n
He also refuted the rumors suggesting that he has lost the support of his longtime friend, Bernie Ecclestone.<\/p>\n
\u00ab He is supportive and he thinks all of this is disgusting, but he knows that I can still handle my affairs. I believe his behavior towards me hasn’t changed. \u00bb<\/p>\n
\u00ab I think it’s a terrible intrusion into my privacy that cannot be justified by any means, and which, I hope, will now be punished. \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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