Marie-George Buffet, former Minister of Sports, calls for the audit of the governance of the French Football Federation to be made public, which involves Noël Le Graët.
“It would be good if this audit were made public” so that “each and everyone has all the elements”, wishes the former Minister of Sports Marie-George Buffet, this Wednesday on franceinfo. The audit report she mentions led, among other things, to the resignation of Noël Le Graët from his mandate as president of the French Football Federation (FFF) on Tuesday.
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In this document, the inspectors of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) considered that it ” no longer has the necessary legitimacy to administer and represent French football”, particularly in view of its “inappropriate behavior (…) towards women”. Noel Le Graët goes “very soon” to seek the cancellation of this audit in court, announced his lawyer Tuesday on France 5.
“From the moment we have the elements, I think things will be clearer, and I think it will also allow justice to do its job”, continues the founder of the collective “Women Here and There”, which campaigns for greater diversity in French sport. If this audit report has not yet been disclosed, it is because the law prohibits it. This is to protect those affected.
The former Minister of Sports exasperated by the attitude of Noël Le Graët
Marie-George Buffet also defends the current Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra. “It is normal for the Minister of Sports (…) to feel concerned when the behavior of leaders is not in the sense of ethics and gives a bad image of the sports movement”, says Marie-George Buffet. Noël Le Graët is not of this opinion. His lawyer also announced that he would “sue for defamation” Amelie Oudea-Castera.
The ex-Minister of Sports appears especially exceeded by the attitude of the now ex-boss of the FFF, determined not to stop there. “The soap opera must stop now”launches Marie-George Buffet. “He resigned, here we go, let’s move on,” she adds, and “now we have to go deeper and really tackle the functioning of the sports movement”.