The fallout from Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales' unsolicited postgame kiss continued Tuesday when a government official called for his resignation.
Yolada Díaz, Spain's second deputy prime minister and minister of labor and social economy, called Rubiales' actions after the women's team won the 2023 World Cup"an intolerable example of the machismo" in a social media post Monday.wrote in SpanishShe added that what Rubiales did was in violation of the federation's policy on sexual assault and called for those rules to be enforced.
"His excuses are useless," Díaz said."What we ask is for the sports law to be applied and for the Sport's federation protocols to be activated. This person should resign."Nuestras campeonas son ejemplo de igualdad y futuro. Pero aún queda mucho por hacer. Avanzar en la igualdad retributiva en el fútbol y terminar con estos abusos es fundamental.
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