The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, has chosen to remain in office in the midst of the controversy of the forced kiss, when he was called to resign.
Amazing! While his line of defense seems increasingly inaudible, Luis Rubiales refused to resign this Friday as president of the Spanish federation. The latter is in a delicate position after forcibly kissing the player Jenni Hermoso, who had just won the Women’s World Cup with the rest of La Roja.
Today, the boss was in front of the extraordinary general meeting of his federation. A meeting, the holding of which was announced on Tuesday and convened in “urgency (…) in view of the latest events that took place last Sunday in Sydney”. After again apologizing, Rubiales explained that he refused to resign despite “pressure from the press”.
At the same time, the president of the RFEF also defended his actions, affirming that his kiss on Jenni Hermoso’s mouth had been “spontaneous, mutual and consented” and that it had not been administered for “a position of power”. He immediately denounced “false feminism” Who “do not seek the truth”.
Luis Rubiales tried in vain to sweep away the controversy, even if it meant apologizing, the affair took a political turn. It finally went up to FIFA, which ended up launching disciplinary proceedings against the Spaniard. Case to follow.
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