The General Inspectorate gave, Wednesday, February 15, its final report on the French Football Federation to the Minister of Sports, in which it denounces “the drifts of behavior” of its president, “incompatible with the exercise” of his functions.
by Rémi Dupré
It is a call to go out from the top that the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, launched, Wednesday, February 15, to the president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët. “Mr. Le Graët is a decision-making man and I hope he will take the right ones in the coming days for the FFF and for himself,” said M me oudéa-Castera before An audience of journalists, while taking care not to pronounce the word “resignation”.
“The observation is clear, everyone knows what I think about it,” said M me oudéa-Castera, several hours after receiving the final audit report from the mission of the ‘General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) focused on the governance of the FFF. Sponsor of this five-month survey, M
é> oudéa-Castera appropriated the overwhelming conclusions of inspectors: Mr. Le Graët, 81 years old and in post since 2011, “no longer has legitimacy necessary to administer and represent French football “.
Compliant copy of the provisional report rendered on January 30, the definitive audit of the IGESR sent to the leaders of the FFF Load Noël Le Graët, targeted since January 16 by a preliminary investigation for “sexual and moral harassment” after a Report issued by the inspectors at the Paris prosecutor’s office. The 53 -page document written after 114 hearings, which MO12345lemonde consulted, a president “a president whose drifts of behavior are incompatible with the exercise of functions and the requirement of exemplarity attached to him”.
The Igesr condemns the “inappropriate behavior” of Christmas Le Graët “vis-à-vis women placed under his authority and/or in a relationship of dependence”. She mentions SMS sent by Mr. Le Graët, “ambiguous for some and of a sexual nature for others”. “The hearings conducted by the mission highlighted that the displaced and abusive character of the words of Mr. Le Graët can be accentuated by the excessive consumption of alcohol.”
“New revelations, after the drafting of this report, cannot be excluded,” said the IGESR, while, according to our information, the French Agency Anti -Corruption (AFA) conducts an in -depth investigation to the FFF , at the end of a control started in June 2022.
“Toxic relationship”
The Igesr does not spare Florence Hardouin, general manager since 2013, layoff on January 11 and under the threat of a dismissal for “serious fault”. She “considers” that M me hardouin “is no longer able to perform the functions that are hers within the Federation, due in particular to her difficulty in installing a good distance management Elected officials on the one hand and collaborators on the other hand “.
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