The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) wants to change its rules to limit how management can be held responsible for mismanagement, the BBC reports.
A set of amendments was sent to members for approval at an FIA General Assembly vote on December 13.
This would ensure that any ethics complaints would be dealt with by the FIA president. They would also strip the audit committee of its power to independently investigate financial matters.
The proposals come after a year in which ethics and audit committees investigated a number of allegations against FIA president Mohammed bin Sulayem.
These included questions about the finances of Ben Sulayem’s personal office; creation of a “presidential fund” of $1.5 million to compensate members who vote for the FIA president. None of these cases have progressed. Two separate accusations of interference with Ben Sulayem during the 2023 Grand Prix, which were dismissed.
The potential changes would eliminate the ability to report questionable behavior to ethics and audit committees, as well as the ability of those committees to take action against any wrongdoing.
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