{"id":95117,"date":"2023-08-27T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T17:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/27\/spanish-fa-activates-sexual-violence-protocol-after\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T17:53:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T17:53:51","slug":"spanish-fa-activates-sexual-violence-protocol-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/27\/spanish-fa-activates-sexual-violence-protocol-after\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish FA activates ‘sexual violence protocol’ after"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An internal investigation has been launched by Spain\u2019s football federation after its sexual violence protocol was activated.<\/p>\n

Federation president Luis Rubiales has been\u00a0suspended by Fifa\u00a0after kissing forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips after Spain\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup win.<\/p>\n

Hermoso, 33, has said the kiss after last Sunday\u2019s game was not consensual.<\/p>\n

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Maria Dolores Martinez Madrona, the protocol\u2019s protection delegate, said the matter is now being investigated.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur protocol is currently activated and in the midst of investigating the events, thus we demand the utmost respect for the right to privacy and dignity of all individuals involved,\u201d she said in a letter published by the federation (RFEF).<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the protection delegate for sexual violence, my duty is to adhere to the protocol and safeguard the privacy of those affected by this incident and of the Sexual Violence Advisory Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

The protocol is activated once a complaint is submitted and means the protection delegate, a position currently held by female referee Madrona, will investigate and send her findings to the Sexual Violence Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n

The RFEF has also called regional federations to an \u201cextraordinary and urgent\u201d meeting on Monday \u201cto evaluate the situation in which the federation finds itself\u201d.<\/p>\n

When it announced it had suspended Rubiales on Saturday, Fifa ordered him, the RFEF and its officials or employees to not attempt to contact Hermoso, who the REFF had\u00a0threatened with legal action\u00a0earlier that day.<\/p>\n

Despite widespread criticism and pressure to resign,\u00a046-year-old Rubiales vowed to \u201cfight until the end\u201d\u00a0while addressing an extraordinary general assembly called by the RFEF on Friday.<\/p>\n

Victor Francos, Spain\u2019s secretary of sport and head of the state-run National Sports Council, then said the government had started legal proceedings seeking to suspend Rubiales, \u201cso that he has to give explanations before the Sport Court (TAD)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Spanish sports minister Miquel Iceta told newspaper El Pais: \u201cWe are going to ask the TAD to meet on Monday. If the TAD accepts the government\u2019s complaint, we will immediately proceed with the suspension of the functions of president.\u201d<\/p>\n

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