Cyrille de La Morinerie 11:14 a.m., January 19, 2023
A few days after the withdrawal of Noël Le Graët from the post of president of the French Football Federation, and the opening of an investigation for moral and sexual harassment, the future of the 81-year-old man is once again at the heart. debates.
Only thing certain: it will be difficult for the executive committee to push him out.
The future of Noël Le Graët is again on the menu of a meeting of the executive committee of the French Football Federation (FFF).
If the videoconference takes place at 11 a.m., the president of the FFF should not participate.
Three days after the opening of an investigation against him for moral and sexual harassment, only one question arises: will Noël Le Graët be pushed out today?
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In fact, the executive committee can encourage the Breton to resign, but it cannot kick him out, unless the thirteen members of the Comex resign en bloc.
However, the latter are welded and do not want to leave the ship in the middle of a storm, confirm several sources to Europe 1.
No intention to quit
But another possibility to push the 81-year-old president towards the exit exists: article 12 of the statutes of the federation.
If a quarter of the electors, or around sixty elected officials, agree, they can convene an exceptional federal assembly within the next two months to elect a new president.
But, the simplest thing for the executive committee of the FFF would simply be for Noël Le Graët to resign on his own.
However, according to information from Europe 1, the president, currently withdrawn from office, has no intention of resigning.
The latter, currently on vacation in Martinique, is even unreachable.