2023-08-22 07:46:43
The Spanish Soccer Team has celebrated its title of world champions in style with a party at Madrid Río that lasted until dawn. A celebration in which President Luis Rubiales decided to be absent so as not to diminish the prominence of the players while suffering a significant political siege, from institutions and part of public opinion due to the kiss on the mouth that he gave Jenni Hermoso during the award ceremony awards at Stadium Australia.
“Surely I was wrong” Rubiales apologized after the scandal caused by his inappropriate gesture. However, his apology speech has left many doubts not only for the fans, but also for the political authorities. The president of the Federation lives the most difficult moments in office and politics no longer gives him truce.
The acting government spokeswoman, Isabel Rodríguez, last night asked the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, for a “reflection” on the kiss to the player Jenni Hermoso and has assured that it is “very important that each one assumes their responsibility” at a time when the footballers of the Spanish team “are breaking” the glass ceilings in favor of equality. In an interview on TVE from Madrid Río, where the minister traveled to experience the celebration of the soccer players for the victory in the Women’s World Cup, Rodríguez insisted on “being very careful” with public statements, demanding that Rubiales make a “reflection” after the controversial kiss and the subsequent apologies. In the words of the spokeswoman, “none of these behaviors” should move away from the “majority sense of Spanish society”, which “advances in equality”.
Apply the protocol
Much tougher, it has been the acting second vice president and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, who insisted on demanding the resignation of the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, for the kiss to the player Jenni Hermoso and He has called for “compliance” with the Sports Law and to activate the Federation’s protocols on sexist acts to force his departure from office. “We continue to request the resignation of Rubiales, who has harassed and assaulted a woman. His excuses are useless at all,” Díaz sentenced.
The deputy of Sumar Aina Vidal (En Comú Podem) demonstrated in the same vein and demanded the dismissal of Rubiales for the “disgusting” gesture of kissing soccer player Jenni Hermoso on the mouth without her consent during the medal ceremony after winning the Sydney World Cup. Rubiales’ public apologies “are not enough at all”, because he “took advantage of her superiority to act in an absolutely abusive way”, Vidal stated.
The deputy of the PSOE for Asturias, Adriana Lastra, also added yesterday to the request for the resignation of the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales: “He is an unpresentable person who should resign now.”
The National Team will be received in Moncloa first thing in the morning by President Pedro Sánchez and, by protocol, it is normal for Luis Rubiales to be present.
What will happen next is unknown.
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