A protester interrupted a FIFA press conference on Monday and threw fake bank notes at outgoing president Sepp Blatter.
The man has been identified as British comedian Simon Brodkin, who is renowned for his publicity stunts, having most recently tried to crash rapper Kanye West's set at the Glastonbury music festival.
Blatter was speaking after it was confirmed that a vote will be held on Feb. 26 to decide his successor.
"I will not be a candidate for the election in 2016, I have put my mandate at disposal," Blatter said.
"There will be an election for a new president."
The Swiss secured another term as president at an election in Zurich last month but he subsequently decided to stand down after feeling that he had lost the support of many within the football world in the wake of the corruption scandal that has rocked FIFA.
Fourteen people have been arrested as part of an FBI-led investigation into allegations of bribery dating back to 1991.
In addition, Swiss authorities have launched a separate inquiry into the votes that saw Russia and Qatar awarded the rights to host the next two World Cups.
Blatter, who has been at the helm of FIFA since 1998, has not been accused of any wrongdoing in either case yet he has faced severe public criticism over his running of the game's governing body.
Brodkin, meanwhile, is well known to British football fans as one of his characters, 'Lee Nelson', is a parody of the average Premier League footballer.
As for Blatter, the Swiss indicated his interest in going into radio after after leaving FIFA, though he appears to have no interest in discussing soccer over the air.
"I will come back to my hobby as a journalist, but I think on the radio," Blatter said.
"It's easier to speak than to write. I go to geo-politics [journalism]. "I think it's the most popular form of communication."
