The president French Football Federation (FFF) Noel Le Grae resigned on Tuesday due to a series of scandals. in particular because of allegations of sexual harassment that made tenure impossible.
The resignation of Le Grae, who is 81 years old and has held office for eleven years, was leaked through various channels and became official during a meeting of the FFF executive committee in Paris.
The former president was removed from his duties at the head of the federation with January 11 due to heavy pressure on him. The initiating element then was an interview with a radio station, in which ridiculed by Zinedine Zidane.
In addition, on the 30th, by order of the Ministry of Sports, a report on the inspection of the FFF leadership was published, in which condemned the “sexist and violent environment”as well as other “dysfunctions” and, above all, insisted that Le Grae allow the situation to worsen.
The conclusion of the compilers of this document is as follows: no longer had “the necessary legitimacy to govern and represent French football”among other things, because of the “problem attitude” towards women who “It can be called at least sexist.”
Despite everything, after his resignation, it is expected that Le Grae questions all these accusations. and start a protection operation, in the media and legal fields.
On an interim basis, he will be Vice President, Philippe Diallo, who will take over the reins of the FFF, as he has done since January 11th.
Source: La Opinion
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