There was a script change and Luis Rubiales did not resign at the RFEF Extraordinary General Assembly on Friday. The government countered with all heavy artillery and over the President of the CSD Víctor Francos denounced it before the TAD on Friday.
Six days after the Spanish soccer team won the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand and the President of the RFEF, Luis Rubiales, participated in some reprehensible acts in the box – he touched his genitals after the game and kissed soccer player Jenni Hermoso – the case is still open.
Rubiales did not resign as expected at the RFEF Extraordinary General Assembly yesterday, but the change of script did not sideline the government. In a clear move, hours after Rubiales’ speech, the Secretary of State for Sport and the President of the Higher Sports Council (CSD) Victor FrancosHe announced that he would suspend the President of the RFEF if the Administrative Court for Sport (TAD) opened a file on him on facts Francos had taken into account “very serious & rdquo;.
Earlier, however, Francos couldn’t be more direct when referring to Rubiales’ decision not to resign: “Mr Rubiales has not lived up to the expectations of the players, nor of the government or Spanish society. You have disappointed in your reaction. He didn’t do what he should have done.
And added that “We are at a point where the Government will act and the TAD will receive their own complaint from the Higher Sports Council. The complaint will arrive this afternoon (due to yesterday) & rdquo;.
steps to follow
“If the TAD initiates the file, I have the right to convene the CSD Board to request the suspension of Rubiales. said Francos during his appearance at the government headquarters in Tarragona.
Likewise, the Secretary of State for Sport detailed the steps the body he chairs must take to disqualify Rubiales. The first of them files the three complaints addressed to him (including one by the AFE) against the TAD. Aside from that, asked the Sports Administrative Court to bring forward the session scheduled for Thursday 31 August to Monday 28 August in order to speed up the proceedings.
Francos also assured him of this “In the event that the TAD considers Rubiales’ offenses to be very serious and worth dealing with, the CSD will meet with its Board – two days in advance – to proceed with the suspension of the President of the Spanish Football Federation”. The President of the CSD apologized in his speech to the footballers of the Spanish team “They didn’t deserve this situation, on the contrary, they deserved something else.”
Surprised
Francos hoped that the case would have been closed with Rubiales’ resignation, which is why he regretted the outcome of the RFEF assembly, given the case where Rubiales himself could have been closed rubies had come to Spanish football. In that sense, he pointed out that he himself fueled the controversy by insisting on continuing to lead the Spanish Football Federation and presenting the facts, in his own words, as “A social murder. They’re trying to kill me.
We’re ready for this to be Spanish “Mee too” and for it to mean a change (Víctor Francos)
Franco’s last words also had a strong message: “We are ready that this will be the Spanish ‘me too’ and that this will mean a change. The government wants to say very strongly that there are things that cannot happen again.”
Iceta, critic
For his part, the Minister of Culture and Sports of Spain, Miquel IcetaHe assured this in statements to the EFE news agency “We are facing an unacceptable action which, from the first moment, has deserved the government’s condemnation and demands for explanations that have not been provided.”
Iceta confirmed this “The government will file a complaint against the TAD, describing Rubiales’ actions as very serious& rdquo; adding that the process will be “absolutely scrupulous, democratic and transparent.”
