Late this Tuesday, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has urgently convened an Extraordinary General Assembly for next Friday, August 25, starting at 12:00 p.m., at the Ciudad del Fútbol headquarters in the Rozas. This has been published late this Tuesday through its website.
In the statement, he refers to the latest events that occurred during the women's World Cup medal ceremony held this Sunday in Sydney (Australia) by the president of the organization, Luis Rubiales, "we want to inform you that internal proceedings are open " of the Federation regarding "Integrity matters, as well as the rest of the applicable protocols".
The attitude of Luis Rubiales at the Accor Stadium as well as in the last 48 hours has eclipsed a large part of the historic event that the senior women's soccer team has carried out, winning the World Cup for the first time. The controversy broke out after skipping the behavior protocol for RFEF managers in the authorities' box and in the delivery of the World Cup trophy to the champions, Spain. There are already several complaints against him through the administrative channel.
Along with Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofía (underage), Rubiales put his right hand to his genitals while cheering Carmona's goal against England from the box. Later, he kissed Jenni Hermoso without permission during the medal ceremony for the new world champions. Despite the subsequent apology through a video of Rubiales, he has been urged to resign from various entities in the world of sports and politics. Like the former First Division collegiate Xavier Estrada Fernández, who denounced the Negreira case, that he has filed a complaint with the sports body against its president. Or the vice president of the Government and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, who at midnight this Wednesday announced that her party had denounced the "forced kiss" before the Higher Sports Council (CSD) for a serious infraction and requests that it be removed of his position. Last Monday, Díaz asked for her resignation for "harassing" and "assaulting a woman." For his part, the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, believes that Rubiales' apologies are "insufficient" and demands that he "take more steps" in the face of "unacceptable behaviour" in statements made this Tuesday after receiving the selection at La Moncloa .
To this end, and after the different Territorial Federations have been postulating on this matter throughout this Tuesday -most of which consider the criticism disproportionate and the quote, in principle, would seek to support the controversial president- the The sports entity has confirmed the urgent call for an Extraordinary General Assembly five days after what happened.
