The reactions continue following the controversial kiss to the player Jenni Hermoso by the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales. The top leader of the institution is in the media spotlight after the image left by the celebration of the Spanish Women’s Soccer Team, world champion since last Sunday.
Although there are many voices calling for the resignation of Rubiales for the gesture, it is unknown at the moment if it will go to such an extreme. However, the climate of tension has caused other types of consequences, such as the possible withdrawal of the gold medal awarded by Motril, the municipality where the president of the Federation grew up.
The author of the initiative has spoken about this in the program Todo es mentira, from Cuatro. José Llorente, spokesman for the political group Izquierda Unida-Verdes-Equo in the city of Granada, explained the reasons that led them to consider this proposal. “The Motril city council’s award procedure provides that any person who has been granted a distinction can render it null and void due to certain unforeseen causes,” he assured.
Llorente announces that “in the next municipal plenary session, which is expected to be held in September, we are going to present this initiative so that the plenary session reconsiders the awarding of the city’s gold medal to Luis Rubiales.” Javi Gómez, summer presenter of the program, also recalled that “his father was mayor of the town.”
“What we think about is the consequences of this link between Luis Rubiales and Motril,” José Llorente continues, referring to the image that the municipality projects to the rest of Spain. “This is not the first time that Mr. Rubiales has been involved in quite delicate and shady issues, and both he and his entourage always show off being humble people, Motrileños, and the city of Motril is always linked to Rubiales,” he said. explained.
Llorente finally expressed his concern about “the actions carried out by Luis Rubiales” which, in his opinion, “have tarnished the achievement of women in terms of equality and recognition, and this is what seems most serious to us”.
