It has not reached this Friday. Late on Thursday, Rubiales announced his intention to resign as president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) – a position he took up in May 2018 – after political, social and sports pressure for his inappropriate behavior in the final of the Women’s World Cup held in Sydney, just five days ago, and won by Spain.
It will be this Friday morning at the extraordinary assembly of the Spanish Federation. This has been communicated to his closest environment. The still president has made this decision after losing support from the world of football and politics.
The kiss to the player Jenni Hermoso, without consent, in the delivery of medals after winning the World Cup, added to the gesture of clutching her genitals next to Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofía (a minor) and the excessive behavior from the box de Rubiales, has provoked a series of complaints -up to three to the State Attorney General’s Office-, and a series of events that have worsened in the last few hours.
After Rubiales’ announcement, the most dissenting female voices within a government still in office did not take long to show up. “Long live the feminist movement!”. This is how the second vice president of the Government, Yolanda Díaz, celebrated last night in a publication on the social network X. The leader of Sumar was very critical of the president of the RFEF and called for her resignation since the controversy broke out. In the same network, the Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, stressed that “Feminism is changing everything.”
In this same sense, the Minister of Social Rights and leader of Podemos, Ione Belarra, spoke, who has assured that “feminism is making us a better country.”
Likewise, the Secretary of State for Equality and against Gender Violence, Ángela Rodríguez Pam, has equated the resignation of former Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz Gallardón with that of Rubiales thanks to the strength of women and the feminism of 8M. “From the resignation of Gallardón to that of Rubiales, millions of feminists write with noise and rivers of tweets one of the most important stages in our recent history. Everything has already changed in Spain, from 8M to the World Cup. Long live the fight of women “, he indicated.
Millions of viewers saw what happened in Sydney live, others have joined these days through publications in the media and social networks. Luis Rubiales and his gestures, nothing professional, have tarnished the historic feat achieved by Spanish soccer players. This precious stolen time should be theirs, not managers. Will it be from this Friday?
