The president of the National Ethics Council of the French Football Federation, Patrick Anton, tells the “world” that the body he directs could seize the disciplinary committee of the FFF if Mr. Le Graët does not Do not quickly leave his post.
by Rémi Dupré
Back to the wall, Noël Le Graët will he manage to maintain himself as president of the French Football Federation (FFF) until Tuesday, February 28, when the FFF executive committee is supposed to meet To analyze the consequences of the audit carried out at the Federation by the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (Igesr)?
Two days after the IGESR delivery of the final inspection report, which overwhelms Mr. Le Graët, the five members of the National Ethics Council (CNE) of the “3F” met on Friday 17 February, in order to take a position on the basis of the Inspectors’ conclusions. On behalf of the CNE he chairs, lawyer Patrick Anton indicates to the world that his members ask Mr. Le Graët “to announce his resignation formally as possible”.
“In view of the severity of the situation, the CNE requests the holding of an executive committee as quickly as possible, before the date of February 28, develops M e anton. ‘surprises that neither the president Le Graët nor the members of the executive committee have spoke since the deposit, Wednesday, of the final audit report of the gesr. “
M e anton says that the CNE could seize the disciplinary committee, competent to suspend Mr. Le Graët, raft or pronounce against him an ineligibility sentence within the Federation. “The disciplinary committee is an option if Mr. Le Graët does not formally announce its resignation as quickly as possible,” says the president of the CNE.
In the audit report, the IGESR underlined the “low weight of the moral authorities” within the FFF, pointing to the role of the CNE and the High Authority for Football, also wishing to advance the date of the next executive committee, which will be chaired by Mr. Le Graët.
Noël Le Graët wishes to choose his release
The knife under his throat, how will Mr. Le Graët react? The 81 -year -old patriarch, in office since 2011 at the head of the FFF, wishes to choose the time of its release and to speak individually with the dozen members of the elected executive committee on his list in March 2021. The Breton manager, in Cold with the interim president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo, also intends to weigh on his succession with a view to the next Federal Assembly, scheduled in June.
In its audit report, the Igesr denounces a “president whose drifts of behavior are incompatible with the exercise of functions and the requirement of exemplarity attached to him”. In addition to a “very centralized power exercise”, the inspectors condemn the “inappropriate behavior” of Mr. Le Graët “vis-à-vis women”.
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