“MO12345LEMONDE” became aware of the “observations” sent to the general inspection by the defense of the president of the French Football Federation. On Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron receives the boss of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, the day of the posting of the audit report to the FFF to his Minister of Sports.
by Rémi Dupré
There is no doubt that the date of February 15 had been surrounded in red, in their agenda, by the leaders of the French Football Federation (FFF). After five months of investigation, the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) will simultaneously send, Wednesday, its final audit report at Christmas Le Graët, president behind the FFF , Philippe Diallo, interim boss of the body, Florence Hardouin, director general layoff, and in Amélie Oudéa-Castera, the Minister of Sports. The latter should hold a press conference during the day.
The delivery of this inspection report could create new eddies at the Parisian headquarters of the FFF, in the 15 e arrondissement, where its executive committee must meet, Friday, February 17, around Noël Le Graët, to decide the future at the head of the “3F” of … Christmas Le Graët.
Monday, February 13, the lawyers of the boss of the Federation, Florence Bourg and Thierry Marembert, asked, in vain, at the Igesr to postpone the presentation of the final report, insofar as new hearings were led by The three inspectors since January 30 and sending to the parts of the provisional audit report.
MO12345lemonde took note of the “observations” sent on Monday by the defense of Mr. Le Graët to the inspection mission diligent by Mrs. Oudéa-Castera. While the 81 -year -old French football patriarch has been targeted since January 16 by a preliminary investigation opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office for “sexual and moral harassment” following a report issued by the IGESR by virtue of the ‘Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, M es bourg and Marembert denounce a “political and media interference in the process of seriously attacking inquiry to the essential principles of independence and impartiality”, likely to “Biamber the objectivity of inspectors”.
“Stalinist trial”
They are indignant that Mrs. Oudéa-Castera was recipient of a step note from the IGESR, on December 6, 2022, as well as the provisional report, on January 30. “Mr. Le Graët should not be dismissed (…) He must recognize his faults, without knowing which one precisely, and starting from himself. It is the very definition of the Stalinist trial, assert his lawyers. It is extravagant that civil servants of a government of the French Republic act in the same way as Soviet prosecutors. “
The date of January 9 is the attention of M es bourg and marembert. That day, when “NLG” has just apologized after its devastating release on Zinedine Zidane, Ms. Oudéa-Castera holds a press conference, according to lawyers, “in the form of an indictment (…) while the mission of ‘Audit was still in progress “:” We could not dictate more to inspectors the meaning of their future conclusions. “
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