#the FIA might be a voluntary association rather than a company

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He does know that if he does this, the FIA would be at risk of being prosecuted for structural mismanagement, specifically a breach of the requirements for conducting all internal investigations without delay (PDF, English document explaining French internal investigation law)? French law does allow for internal investigations to not occur if alternative suitable remedies can be offered without delay (such as mending the procedure that gave rise to the complaint). However, it is extremely doubtful that "no investigation at all because of who is implicated" would be legally acceptable as an excuse. Parenthetically, this also suggests that Ben Sulayem's backing is not as strong as it was at the start of 2024, because had it been, it is likely that he could rely on the ethics committee not giving him a serious penalty (given said committee has a strong record of rejecting any and all complaints against FIA presidents and their favourites anyway. Jean Todt got through 2 such procedures quite peacefully by more or less pretending they weren't happening and carrying on as usual).

MBS is such a cartoonishly evil villain because what do you MEAN he wants to change the rules so he has absolute power over the committee currently investigating him