this Executives of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) has moved to block the endorsement of its new president after a former police chief won a Fifa-stipulated vote by a landslide on Thursday. Narinpong Jinapak, FAT's president for legal affairs, submitted a letter to Sakol Wannapong, governor of the Sports Authority of Thailand, shortly after the vote results were known. He urged Mr Sakol, as registrar of sports clubs and their management teams, not to endorse the new president and council, saying the process was in violation of FAT's rules. He also threatened to take legal action against Mr Sakol if he fails to take his advice. Fifa set up a normalisation committee to hold the election of the new FAT president and council by Feb 15. The vote took place on Thursday at Hua Mak Sports Complex in Bangkok. Former police chief Pol Gen Somyot Poompunmuang won a landslide victory in the vote, winning 64 of all 68 voters present. In the letter on Thursday, Mr Narinpong challenged the process, saying candidate applications had been accepted directly without going through FAT's secretariat as required by FAT's administrative regulations. He also claimed the election of 30 voting representatives from the Regional League (Division Two, third tier) also breached FAT rules and barred some legitimate clubs from choosing the new president. Mr Narinpong accused Mr Sakol of "expressing his opinions without authority" when he ruled the 30 former voting representatives of the Regional League were no longer qualified to vote. "As registrar of sports clubs, you have no authority to give opinion of this issue," Mr Narinpong wrote in the letter. The normalisation committee also set forth new rules in conflicts with FAT's existing rules and imposed them with retrospective effect, or on Feb 11, the letter claimed. Of 68 voters present at Thursday's vote, 62 voted for Pol Gen Somyot while four voted for former national football team coach Charnwit Phalajivin and one for Bangkok FC chairman Natthaphol Teepasuwan. The other three candidates were former national football team manager Thavatchai Sajakul, former FAT secretary-general Pinit Sasinin and Pol Lt Col Chaisap Tharat Rittem. The other three candidates were former national football team manager Thavatchai Sajakul, former FAT secretary-general Pinit Sasinin and Pol Lt Col Chaisap Tharat Rittem. While Charnwit is being backed by TPL runners-up SCG Muangthong United and some media outlets, Somyot has the support of reigning champions Buriram United, owned by former national politician Newin Chidchob. Seventy-two representatives were eligible to vote: 18 each from the Thai Premier League and League One (second tier), 30 from the Regional League (Division Two, third tier), and six from minor competitions. The election for president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) went ahead as scheduled Thursday after the Administrative Court yesterday refused to issue an injunction to postpone the polls.