Scandal of the President of the Spanish Football Association

In the caller buss ungraded that shook Spain, the parent of Luis Rubiales, the suspended president of the Spanish Football Federation, staged a sit-in successful a religion and began a hunger strike, successful protestation against the mode her lad was treated. The parent of Rubiales, 46 years old, locked herself successful a religion successful the metropolis of... Motril, from Andalusia successful confederate Spain, protested against what she described arsenic an “inhuman and bloody” run against her son, according to what the authorities tv transmission RTFE and different Spanish media reported connected Monday. Information besides reported that the grieving parent volition proceed the hunger onslaught “day and night” until “justice is achieved.” On Saturday, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) imposed a impermanent 90-day suspension connected Rubiales aft helium was accused of kissing subordinate Jenny Hermoso connected the lips without communal consent betwixt the 2 parties, during the coronation ceremonial of the Spanish nationalist squad with the 2023 Women’s World Cup title, which concluded a fewer days ago. Spain won the Women's World Cup for the archetypal clip successful its past aft defeating England 1-0 successful the last lucifer connected August 20, but the crisp disapproval raised by the "Rubiales Kiss" formed a shadiness implicit the achievement. Since Hermoso initially said that she did not similar it, past the Spanish Federation published a connection that included her statements, successful which she downplayed the matter. The subordinate past denied that the buss was consensual, and the question of crisp disapproval against Rubiales continued. As for Rubiales, helium initially mocked the contention surrounding the kiss. But helium aboriginal apologized, past changed his presumption again during an exigency gathering of the Spanish Federation held past Friday. It was expected earlier the gathering that helium would denote his resignation from the presumption of President of the Spanish Federation, but helium went against expectations and defended himself, saying that “false feminism” had led to his “social assassination.” It is noteworthy that the Spanish Federation is scheduled to clasp different exigency gathering connected Monday, and the Spanish sports judiciary is besides expected to statesman discussing his future.

On Sunday, Spanish shot fable Andres Iniesta joined the galore voices denouncing the president of the Spanish Federation, Luis Rubiales, and considered that the latter’s buss with Jenny Hermoso aft the Women’s World Cup last “harmed the image” of Spanish football. Iniesta wrote connected societal networks: After what happened this week, I would similar to convey my sadness arsenic a person, arsenic a begetter of 3 daughters, arsenic a hubby and arsenic a shot subordinate for what happened astir our shot and astir the Spanish women’s nationalist team. The scorer of the extremity against the Netherlands successful the 2010 final, which gave Spain its archetypal World Cup title, added: I deliberation we cannot tolerate actions similar those we saw, which tarnished a large accomplishment similar winning the World Cup. Hermoso revealed that astatine "no time" did she hold to a buss connected the lips aft the 1-0 last triumph implicit England successful Sydney, which Rubiales described arsenic "mutual, joyful and consensual." After Rubiales refused to resign connected Friday contempt the crisp and unprecedented disapproval of his behavior, Hermoso joined 80 players, including each the players from the nationalist squad that won the satellite rubric for the archetypal clip successful its history, who refused to play again with “La Roja” if the federation’s existent enactment remained. The bulk of the method unit of the women's nationalist squad besides submitted their resignations. Iniesta continued: I cannot ideate the feeling that each the nationalist squad players consciousness present erstwhile they are not talking astir the fantastic tourney they played and the fantastic shot they taught america all. Instead, we had to endure a president who was clinging to his position, and did not admit that his behaviour was unacceptable. It harms the representation of our state and shot astir the world.