It was expected, after the rise of the controversy on social networks, politicians react to the Rubiales affair. The Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta, has asked the president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), to apologize to player Jennifer Hermoso after his imposed kiss during the coronation of Spain at the FIFA Cup. world.
If the two main concerned have tried to minimize this affair, the attitude of the boss of the RFEF has been singled out, especially since it is not his first attempt. In office since 2018, he was accused of having organized orgies with the money of the federation last September. In the past, he had also been the subject of a trial for sexual assault and was eventually acquitted.
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Miquel Iceta was virulent at the microphone of La Radio Nacional de Espana: “I find this unacceptable”, he denounced this Monday morning. “We live in a time of equality, rights and respect for women. We all need to be especially careful in our attitudes and actions. It is, in my opinion, unacceptable to kiss a player on the lips to congratulate her. He continued: “It seems logical and reasonable to me (…) We who have public responsibilities must be extremely careful because we are sending a message to society and the message is: equal rights is respect “, he estimated.
The Spanish government’s Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, also condemned Rubiales’ gesture: “We shouldn’t consider giving a kiss without consent a ’thing that happens’. It is a form of sexual violence that we women experience on a daily basis and so far invisible, and that we cannot normalize. It is the duty of the whole society. With consent at the center of it all. Only a yes is a yes.”
