This Saturday, FIFA provisionally suspended the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, for having kissed Jenni Hermoso during the women’s soccer world title celebrations, and forbade him to maintain contact with the player.
“Today we have decided to provisionally suspend Luis Rubiales from all soccer-related activities, nationally and internationally,” the body that manages world soccer announced in a statement, adding that the suspension will have an initial duration of 90 days.
In a statement from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Colombian Jorge Iván Palacio, FIFA also orders Luis Rubiales and other officials linked to the RFEF not to contact or attempt to contact soccer player Jenni Hermoso.
The controversy in Spanish football arose last Sunday, during the celebrations of the unprecedented world title of the Spanish women’s team, which defeated England 1-0 in the final, played in Sydney, when, at the time of the awards ceremony , Rubiales kissed Hermoso. in the mouth.
Numerous criticisms of what happened followed, being Hermoso, after a first version, saying that everything happened at a moment of greater euphoria, stating that he had not consented to the kiss.
After several days with much criticism from various sectors of society, the RFEF held an Extraordinary General Assembly on Friday, in which the resignation of Rubiales was expected, which did not happen, giving rise to a new peak of conflict and extreme positions, with the players announcing that they are not available to represent the team while the current leaders of the RFEF remain in office.
The day before, Thursday, FIFA had already opened a disciplinary file against Luís Rubiales for the non-consensual kiss he gave to the international Jenni Hermoso.
“These facts may constitute a violation of sections 1 and 2 of article 13 of the FIFA disciplinary code,” the body justified, alluding to the fact that the conduct could “harm the dignity or integrity” of a person, due to their sex.
Source: TSF
