sentenced to two years in prison sentence for corruption, the former coach will also submit to Amélie oudéa-Castéra his provisional replacement by a delegated president.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
The president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR) Bernard Laporte, sentenced on December 13 to two years in prison sentence for corruption, will propose Thursday to the Minister of Sports “her withdrawal” of his functions while waiting for her Appeal trial, the FFR announced on Monday, December 19, December 19. The former coach of the French team, who “remains president” of the association, will also submit to Amélie Oudéa-Castera his provisional replacement by a delegated president, said the federation in a press release, transmitted following holding a federal office in the morning.
According to the FFR, Mr. Laporte “expressed the Federal Office of his desire to follow” to the letter “the injunction of the FFR Ethics Committee”, which had asked him on December 16 of ” Provisionally withdrawing, as a precaution, up to final criminal decision “. Consequently, adds the press release, “the federal office decided unanimously of its members and in accordance with the regulations and the statutes of our institution, to follow and apply to the letter the injunction of the Ethics Committee “.
In office since the end of 2016, Bernard Laporte, re -elected in 2020 for a four -year term, was found guilty on December 13 of five of the six offenses for which he was prosecuted, including those of “passive corruption” and ” Bribery “. Having appealed the decision of the Paris Criminal Court, his suspended prison sentence, as well as the prohibition to exercise the activity of president of the FFR for a period of two years are not immediately enforceable.
Amélie Oudéa-Castera announced on Sunday that she would receive Bernard Laporte on Thursday, after having estimated, from the judgment made public, that the conviction of the former coach of the Blues made “obstruct” to his mission at the head of the FFR, nine months from the World Rugby in France (September 8 – October 28, 2023).