Didier Gailhaguet, president of the French Ice Sports Federation, during his press conference on February 5, 2020. - JEE / SIPA

Will Didier Gailhaguet resign? The president of the French Federation of Ice Sports (FFSG) convened a federal council Saturday morning, amid scandal of sexual violence in skating, we learned from concordant sources.

The Federal Council is the only body which, according to the statutes of the FFSG, can dismiss the president, by a majority vote of two thirds of the 31 members, provided that the question is put on the agenda.

Didier Gailhaguet will resign "if it's the only way to unlock" via @ 20minutesSport https://t.co/A3uurGqw6z

- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) February 6, 2020

"If I'm the one who has to resign because it's the only way to unlock, of course I will," said the boss of the FFSG on Thursday evening on France 5, before specifying: "But I would like to have said what I have yet to say, which is not quite finished. "

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