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95 Luis Rubiales, Spanish Federation president during the FIFA Women's World Cup.
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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has opened disciplinary proceedings against Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish FA who kissed Jenni Hermoso aft the country's Women's World Cup triumph connected Sunday.
In a statement, FIFA reiterated "its unwavering committedness to respecting the integrity of each individuals and powerfully condemns immoderate behaviour to the contrary."
Rubiales, the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), kissed the guardant connected the lips during the medal ceremonial pursuing the team's 1-0 triumph against England successful Sydney.
Hermoso initially said connected societal media she "didn't like" the buss but a connection connected her behalf was aboriginal released by the RFEF successful which she described it arsenic "spontaneous".
Rubiales, who initially called his critics "idiots", issued an apology connected Monday but is inactive facing calls to resign, with Spain's premier curate Pedro Sanchez describing the apology arsenic "insufficient".
Hermoso said successful a associated connection connected Wednesday released by her national and her agency: "My national FUTPRO, successful coordination with my bureau TMJ, are taking attraction of defending my interests and being the interlocutors connected this matter.
"We are moving to guarantee that acts specified arsenic those we person seen ne'er spell unpunished, that they are sanctioned and that the exemplary measures are adopted to support women footballers from actions that we judge are unacceptable."
FIFPRO aboriginal came retired successful enactment of Hermoso and requested FIFA unfastened an probe into Rubiales.
"We reiterate that it was profoundly lamentable that specified a peculiar infinitesimal for the players of the Spain nationalist squad taking spot earlier a planetary tv assemblage should beryllium stained by the inappropriate behaviour of an idiosyncratic successful a relation carrying truthful overmuch responsibility," the union's connection read.
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"Uninitiated and uninvited carnal approaches towards players are not due oregon acceptable successful immoderate context, and particularly erstwhile they are enactment successful a presumption of vulnerability by a idiosyncratic who holds a presumption of powerfulness implicit them successful their workplace."
FUTPRO volition conscionable adjacent Monday with Spain's 2nd lawman person Yolanda Diaz to guarantee the actions of Rubiales are "duly sanctioned".
The (RFEF) announced connected Tuesday nighttime it had called an bonzer gathering of its wide assembly for Friday, and that "internal proceedings" were unfastened successful narration to integrity issues arising from the trophy ceremony.
Spain's women's shot league, Liga F, called for Rubiales to beryllium dismissed and said it had lodged a ailment with the president of the National Sports Council (CSD) implicit his "very superior actions and behaviour".
"For a brag to drawback his worker by the caput and buss her connected the rima simply cannot beryllium tolerated," it said. "The consequent justifications are, arsenic the premier curate described it, 'inadequate'."
