The president of the French Federation of Ice Sports (FFSG) Didier Gailhaguet questioned without citing it on Monday when he left the Ministry of Sports, the former tenant of the premises from 1997 to 2002, Marie-George Buffet. He named her "the Minister of Sports at the time", in the pursuit of Gilles Beyer's activities in the 2000s.
Sure of himself, the former skater accused: “The first responsible are those who let these abuses happen. I of course want to quote the department, and the then Minister of Sports, who, by their cowardice, their incompetence and their numerous flip-flops, made it possible to leave people on the ice in early-maturing sports, so more exposed, when they should have been treated and put out of harm's way, "accused Gailhaguet after being received by the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, who demanded his resignation.
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Gepostet von Marie-George Buffet am Montag, 3. Februar 2020In the early 2000s, on the basis of a report from parents, Gilles Beyer had been the subject of a judicial investigation which did not succeed, then of an administrative investigation, which led the Ministry of Sports to put an end to his functions of State framework, a post of public agent attached to the Federation, on March 31, 2001. "She removed him (his statute), and she sent him back to us (...) He did not stay with the Federation, he returned to his home club in which the ministry gave him back a professional card, "said Gailhaguet.
On his Facebook page a little later in the evening, the former government minister Jospin reacted: “Today, the Minister of Sports has asked for the resignation of Didier Gailhaguet (...). I fully support her in this process ”
"This unwelcome attempt shows a man preferring to hang on to his post"
Marie-George Buffet then writes: “Mr. Gailhaguet thought it necessary to have a diversion by laying accusations as vague as without elements against me. This unwelcome attempt shows a man preferring to hold on to his post rather than assume his responsibilities, demonstrated throughout journalistic investigations. These inquiries and the various testimonies all agree on the fact that I suspended coach Gilles Beyer, launched an administrative inquiry expressly requesting the removal of this coach and transmitted the case to the prosecution. It is first of all on the word of the victims that we must focus, on the means so that this does not happen again. The rest is fog to escape the bottom of the case. "
Despite this sidelining, Gilles Beyer continued his career at the Paris club of flying French, chaired by his brother Alain, until his ouster on Friday. He also carried out several mandates in the executive office of the FFSG until 2018. "A sports federation is neither the police nor the justice, nor does it have the human and financial means of the Ministry of Sports to investigate, "said Gailhaguet again. He also maintained that Gilles Beyer had been "(made) available to the National Education, where there are the most minors per square meter, in high schools where there are even skaters". When questioned, the Ministry of Sports indicated that it had undertaken verifications with the National Education.