The controversy sparked by Luis Rubiales and the non-consensual kiss he gave the player Jenni Beautiful They have ended up facing the two wings of the coalition government, personified in Yolanda Díaz and in the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Miquel Iceta. In the last hours it has intensified andthe crossing of reproaches, which began early this Monday after the acting vice president criticized the inaction and slowness of the Government, referring to the competent department. Some criticisms that have been answered late in the afternoon by Victor Francosa senior official at Iceta, Secretary of State for Sport and President of the Higher Sports Council (CSD), who has questioned the solvency of the accusations: “There is a difference between the law and the proclamation“.
The leader of Sumar opened the week “deeply regretting” that the disqualification of the president of the Royal Football Federation came from FIFA and not from the CSD, a body dependent on the Iceta department, which in her opinion should have removed Rubiales from his position. “I sincerely believe that we are slow and that we as a country should have deprived the athlete of this damage that she has been suffering all these days,” she defended. Díaz also announced a complaint before the CSD for the lack of parity of the RFEF, with only 9% women on its Board of Directors, for breaching the Sports Law published in the BOE on December 31, 2022, which makes a minimum of 40% women mandatory, in line with what is required by law 3/2007 for effective equality between men and women.
Parity in the federations
These criticisms have later been answered by Francos, who at a press conference from the headquarters of the Government Sub-delegation in Tarragona, has refuted the arguments of the vice president second. At this point, he has corrected Díaz and has ensured that this parity is enforceable as of 2024, since the Sports Law itself, in its ninth additional provision, gives one year to adapt the internal regulations to the new legislation. “As of January 1, 2024, all federal directives they will have to have 40% parity, but not before,” he defended, before charging harshly against the also acting Minister of Labor. “There have been assertions that seem curious to me. There is a difference between the law and the proclamation”, she affirmed, before launching a new message: “Let us be clear, It is important to be rigorous and pay attention to what the regulations say current”.
On the question of parity, it has not been the only reason for clashes between both parties. The campaign spokesperson Ernest Urtasún, He also reproached Miquel Iceta on Monday for not having developed the sanctioning regime that is contemplated in the Deporta Law. In this sense, he has made express reference to the complaint, ensuring that without this regulation there are no mechanisms to “resolve extrajudicial conflicts” such as the attitudes of Luis Rubiales or the lack of parity of the board, either with economic fines, disqualification or any other type of sanction.
Franco has also responded to this, making direct reference to “the complaint about parity”, since the Sports Law “cannot be applied” and “the law says a different thing”since the article on equality to which Sumar alludes (art 47.3) does not enter into force until January 1, 2024. “Speaking of the statements of Mr. Urtasun”, he continued, “I have tried to say that we have to be very rigorous “.
The complaints against Rubiales
They have not been the only reproaches from the representative of the high office of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, who has tried to soften the tone with Sumar, at the same time that he has once again questioned his legal strategies. “The vice president acts with all the good faith in the world and tries to make it a process that is in line with the Government,” he began. “But if we had responded to Sumar’s first complaint, Rubiales could not have been suspended.” The leader thus accused Sumar of lack of solvency, referring to the first action by Yolanda Díaz, who accused Rubiales of a “serious” and not “very serious” crime, which would not have allowed the CSD to suspend him provisionally while the TAD resolves on the merits of the case.
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In addition, Francos has urged that “Let’s be serious when criticizing the government for being slower than FIFA”, other of the reproaches formulated by Díaz in the last hours. “Sometimes we are slow, it is true. We are slower than FIFA because we have legal procedures, we are a State and not a private entity that applies private regulations when it wants. FIFA does not submit to the legislative and procedural regime of a State Let’s be serious,” the Iceta team member censured.
The vice president, from the Ministry of Labor, also assured this Monday that Luis de la Fuente and Jorge Vilda should leave their posts after applauding Luis Rubiales’ speech on Friday, when he refused to resign and assured that the kiss of controversy had been consented to. “The selectors who applauded Mr. Rubiales They are not qualified to continue in their positions“Díaz assured, who specified that it was a” personal opinion”. “Whoever applauds a violation of rights, an alleged manual sexual assault, is called a stolen kiss, they should not continue in their posts,” he insisted. Francoso has disavowed the words of the acting vice president and has pointed out that “there has never been a government that decides on selectors”. “I didn’t like the applause, Víctor Francos is speaking. But the consequences have to be decided by the RFEF.”