Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has praised the country’s women’s soccer team – and Spanish society itself – for taking a critical stance against Luis Rubiales for his unwanted kiss of World Cup winner Jennifer Hermoso.
The scandal over the kiss has triggered widespread condemnation in Spain and the rest of the world and has sparked a wider debate about patriarchal and chauvinistic attitudes in the country. Rubiales, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation , has been under mounting pressure to resign since the kiss in the aftermath of the country’s historic win against England in the Women’s World Cup last month. However, Rubiales – who has said the kiss felt “consensual” – has refused to do so.
. The Spanish government has suffered setbacks in its attempts to remove Rubiales from his post. Spain’s Court of Arbitration in Sport on Friday agreed to open a case against Rubiales but rejected the government’s argument that his offenses were “very serious” – preventing his immediate suspension. Minister of Culture and Sport Miquel Iceta said he would submit a separate complaint to TAD and request Rubiales be removed from his post until the investigation was resolved.
opened disciplinary proceedings against Rubiales and provisionally suspended him from all soccer related activities while sports unions have called for “immediate disciplinary action” against Rubiales. In defense of her son, 71-year-old Ángeles Béjar locked herself in a church on hunger strike to protest what she called an “inhumane, bloodthirsty hunt.”
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