has been suspended from the Confederation of African Football (Caf)
with immediate effect until he apologise or back his claims of "bias"
against the Carthage Eagles with genuine evidence.
Mr Wadie publically criticised Caf and match official Seechurn
Rajindrapasard following Tunisia's ouster from the Africa Cup of
Nations (Afcon) at the expense of host nations Equatorial Guinea
amidst poor officiating.
Caf had in a previous sitting ordered the FTF to pay a fine of US$50,
000 (£33,000) over the unruly conduct of its players at the end of
last week's 2-1 defeat by Equatorial Guinea. Disgruntled Tunisian
substitute players invaded the pitch, insulted and tried to engage
referee Seechurn, after he awarded a controversial stoppage-time
penalty to the Equatoguineans.
Tunisia football boss Wadie resigned from Caf in protest after his
country's elimination. FTF wrote two letters to the Caf "insinuating"
the continental body and its officials were responsible for their
elimination as a result of "questionable and biased" officiating.
A Caf statement read: "The AFCON Organising Committee decided to
suspend with immediate effect the President of the Tunisian Football
Federation, Mr. Wadie Jary, from all activities related to CAF until
he submitted a letter of apology or presented a letter with
irrefutable, tangible evidence to substantiate claims of CAF bias
against the Tunisian team."
The FTF now has from now until March 31 "to comply with the
recommendations of the Disciplinary Panel and the organising
committee" or risk disqualification from the 2017 tournament.
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