French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera: considered in an interview with the publication EFEthat Luis Rubiales should step down as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and that episodes such as the kiss on the lips Jenny Beauty They will help society “grow up”.
“Rubiales is blind, perhaps he is the last one to realize that the Spanish government is now demanding his resignation; that the prosecutor’s office had filed a case against him; what all the players have demonstrated; that Spanish society also has different personalities,” said Udea-Castera.
The head of the sports department, who oversees the preparations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024, also recalled that FIFA He has also been suspended from his duties. “I think you should realize that it’s over,” the minister stressed, ending the sentence with a verb in Spanish.
Udea-Castera, who was a professional tennis player in his youth, humiliated Rubiales’ attitude after what happened to Hermoso at the victory celebration FIFA World Cup in Australia for not apologizing quickly and “sincerely”.
“He is the only one in the whole world, perhaps only together with his mother (who went on a hunger strike to protest the treatment of her son), who realized that what had happened was unacceptable.”
The Minister recalled that this episode took place “in front of the eyes of the whole world” and considered that a lesson could be learned from it.
“It will help,” he explained, “to mature as a whole, Spanish society and the whole world, if we say that enough is enough, that this is unacceptable and that this type of behavior should never be repeated again.”
Udea-Castera lamented Rubiales’ “stubbornness” in “reversing the situation” by showing photos and videos with which he intends to refute Hermoso’s version, and considered this attitude “a new manifestation of disrespect.”
“I have already expressed my support for (Hermoso) by saying, “This cannot be” (in Spanish). I want to express our admiration for this red team, as well as Jenny Hermoso and her wrestling. There is a sacred alliance in France to eradicate this phenomenon of male violence in sports, he concluded.
In late 2022 and early 2023, Udea-Castera faced a situation that bears some resemblance to that of Rubiales. Noel le Grae, then president of the powerful French Football Federation (FFF), She ordered him to resign due to allegations of a sexist and sexual nature against him based on an audit report on his administration.
“These alleged facts are in the hands of justice, and they have to qualify them. I want to remember that there was a moment when Le Grae realized (which was impossible to follow). Under the pressure of public opinion, as well as discussions with his colleagues, with the rest of the FFF teams, with the executive committee,” he exclaimed.
According to the minister, it was necessary to take responsibility, and he “did it.” “Somehow,” he added, “we have to acknowledge his courage that, due to a number of factors, he realized that he lacked the legitimacy to chair the FFF.”
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Source: La Opinion
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