The deposed president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubialestransmitted this Sunday to the interim president, Pedro Rocha, her definitive resignation from the presidential position of the RFEF, after several weeks of controversy due to her unfortunate behavior during the final of the Women’s World Cup, held last Sunday, August 20. The player Jennifer Hermoso He has reiterated these weeks that the kiss he gave her was not consensual. The soccer player formalized her complaint to the State Attorney General’s Office.
Rubiales published an open letter through X on the night of this Sunday, September 10, three weeks after what happened. “Today at 9:30 p.m. I transmitted to the acting President, Mr. Pedro Rocha, my resignation from the position of President of the RFEF. I have also informed him that I have done the same with my position at UEFA so that my position at the Vice President can be replaced.”
In his note, he added: “I do not want Spanish football to be harmed by this entire disproportionate campaign and, above all, I make this decision after having made sure that my departure will contribute to the stability that will allow both Europe and “Africa remain united in the dream of 2030, which will allow us to bring the largest event in the world to our country.”
As he did in the press conference in which he announced that he was not going to resign and in which he attacked feminism, Rubiales has once again publicly clung to his daughters: “My daughters, my family and the people who love me have suffered. the effects of excessive persecution, as well as many falsehoods.