Miquel Iceta, the Spanish Minister of Culture and Sports, warned this Wednesday that the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) would not take action for the kiss on the lips that its president, Luis Rubiales, gave to the women’s team player. Jenni Hermoso after the World Cup final Supreme Sports Council (CSD).
“They have to decide. If the federation doesn’t get them, they will get CSD.The minister told EFE from India to attend the G20 Ministers of Culture meeting this week.
Iceta’s statement comes one day after the RFEF announced an urgent call for an Extraordinary General Assembly this Friday to address the issue.
A meeting in which the minister preferred not to foresee events, but emphasized that: from CSD “All mechanisms will be activated based on complaints already submitted”probably in the first days of next week”.
Saying, “We have a procedure for raising complaints (…) and the files are verified from there,” Erdoğan explained that if the Federation does not fulfill its duty, they will be the ones to consider referral to the Administrative Court. Sports (TAD) case.
In this sense, Minister stressed the role of the new Sports Law “aiming to protect these rights” and we oblige all organizations, whether clubs, federations, or national leagues, to assume the responsibility of looking after them.
When asked if they had contacted Hermoso, Iceta insisted they would listen to his opinion on the incident. I’m back to focus on the federation She tainted the moment when the women’s team touched “heaven” by insisting on her responsibility to give an answer that “the Spanish society claims to be an unacceptable truth.”
Rubiales’ kiss with Hermoso took place during the medal ceremony just after the Spanish women’s soccer team was declared champions last Sunday after beating England in the World Cup final in Australia and New Zealand, with a goal by Olga Carmona.