Asia's lack of democracy typical of FIFA ethos, says Ali

FIFA Vice President Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (L) of Jordan and Bahrain President of the Olympic Committee Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (C) walk to the hall for the inauguration of the 26th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress in Manama, Bahrain April 30, 2015. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

DEAD SEA, Jordan (Reuters) - The way that the Asian Football Confederation allowed FIFA president Sepp Blatter to address its congress while none of the men campaigning to replace him could, showed a typical lack of democracy, one of the candidates said on Sunday.

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, the head of the Jordan FA and currently Asia's own vice-president on the FIFA executive committee, directed his criticism at AFC president Shaikh Salman of Bahrain but said apart from UEFA, the other confederations were guilty of the same thing.