Issa Hayatou, the long-time Confederation of African Football and most senior member of the FIFA executive committee, said Tuesday he is not publicly backing acandidate in the FIFA presidential election to succeed Sepp Blatter. Hayatou ran against Blatter in 2002 but is recent years has been Blatter’s most vocalsupporter. Africa has more than one-quarter of FIFA’s member federations, making it a powerful lobby.