The president flatly refused to resign over the incident with Jenni Hermoso, stating that the kiss was consensual. The players and a series of coaches from the women’s team demand that she leave.
The Spanish Football Federation will meet urgently on Monday while its president, Luis Rubialesfaces a suspension from the FIFA and a firestorm of criticism over allegations that he gave a player an unwanted kiss on the lips after the victory of Spain in the Women’s World Cup.
rubiales flatly refused to resign due to the incident with the player Jenni Beautiful last sunday in sydney, stating that the kiss was consensual. The players and a number of coaches on the women’s team are demanding that she go, and the government wants her to go too.
The Spanish Federation calls an urgent meeting
The Royal Football Federation (RFEF) has summoned the regional federations to an “extraordinary and urgent” meeting on Monday “to assess the situation in which the federation finds itself” after the sanction of rubialesreported this Sunday a spokesman for the RFEF.
The Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díazwill meet this Monday with representatives of the players’ union FUTPROwhich represents Beautifuland of the Footballers Association to ensure in the future that soccer is a sector “that has dignified conditions and spaces free of sexist violence.” the government said on Sunday.
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The FIFA, the world governing body for socceropened a disciplinary proceeding against rubiales on Thursday and announced on Saturday that Rubiales has been suspended for three months from national and international soccer pending an investigation.
Rubiales said he would use the FIFA investigation to prove his innocence.
Beautifulwho has said that he did not consent to the kiss and that he felt “vulnerable and victim of aggression”has received warm support not only from players but from many members of society in general.
On Saturday night he appeared among the spectators of the final of the Women’s Cup between Atlético de Madrid and Milan, being applauded by the public. The players present at the match held a banner that read: “With you Jennifer Beautiful”.
The uproar over the kiss came in a country where tens of thousands of women have taken part in street marches in recent years to protest sexual abuse and violence.
feminist collectives They have called a demonstration for this Monday in Madrid under the title “With You Jenny” in support of the player.
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