2023-06-12 07:02:31
Two tones. Two atmospheres. If Florian Grill, opposition candidate for the election to the presidency of the French Federation plays appeasement, his competitor Patrick Buisson, member of the current governance chaired by Alexandre Martinez, is more offensive. Two radically different ways of considering the call for votes, which will take place from June 12 to 14, of clubs affiliated with the FFR.
“We refute any possibility of alliance, agreement or rallying with another candidate who would be elected without a majority as president of the FFR, thundered the clan of Patrick Buisson at the end of the campaign. The latter, once elected, would thus find himself totally unable to exercise his power, plunging the institution into a regrettable functional complexity…” “What Florian Grill proposes is to unravel everything that we have put in place. It is impossible to cohabit with him, ”then added the majority candidate.
If the leader of the opposition, reinforced by the crushing victory of his list in the by-elections of the steering committee (11 seats out of 12 at stake out of the 40 existing) on May 26, wins against Patrick Buisson, he – even disavowed last January during a referendum by the clubs which had rejected his candidacy for the post of president, the FFR will indeed find itself in an unprecedented situation.
“We are not at all driven by revenge”
It will be for the president from the opposition to compose with a steering committee mainly acquired by the disciples of former president Bernard Laporte, who resigned on January 27, a few weeks after his two-year suspended prison sentence by the Paris Criminal Court for having established “a corruption pact” with the president of Montpellier and jersey sponsor of the XV of France Mohed Altrad.
“We are not at all driven by revenge, replied Florian Grill, head of a troupe, Ovale Ensemble (500 members) who has already worked on several reform issues, while claiming to be ready to leave governance currently overseeing the World Cup (September 8 – October 28). I’m not worried at all. There is a need for unity in French rugby. I am a rational and reasonable entrepreneur. We want to focus on rugby at eight or ten years old. The cohabitation will be done naturally with people of good will. »
Florian Grill thinks he can convince enough members of the steering committee on his policy to become a majority within the latter, pending the general elections at the end of 2024.
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