Already withdrawn from his duties and the target of many testimonies, Noël Le Graët takes a new tackle.
This one comes this time from the president of the National Council of Ethics (CNE) of the FFF Patrick Anton.
In an interview with RMC Sport, he comments on the first elements of the audit unveiled on Monday.
This preliminary report commissioned by the Ministry of Sports in mid-September and whose conclusions will be delivered on February 13 was to take stock of the governance of the FFF, and to investigate in particular the accusations of sexist and sexual violence within the body. .
"I wonder if Noël Le Graët is still lucid enough to make a decision in a completely rational way," says Patrick Anton.
I think he's still in denial and he doesn't want to admit the mistakes he made.
I believe that the audit on this point is quite clear and the floor has been released.
If there is no longer this lucidity, which I believe, I fear that he will still cling to his post and legally (unless a special meeting is called) no one can dislodge him.
The problem now is to know how long he will stay, and that nobody knows for the moment.
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The president cannot, in a dictatorial way, impose his decisions
When asked what is the most important element of the audit, the president of the CNE replies: “The lack of opposition that must exist within governance with new voices and new ideas.
Read that the Comex is only a recording chamber?
We are very far from the functioning that we can expect from the first Federation of France.
The president cannot dictatorially impose his decisions.
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With all this obviously, the president of the CNE wishes that the president of the FFF does not cling to his post.
“The first leader of French football is not above the law.
Like the other leaders, we decided to proclaim that we wanted the resignation of Noël Le Graët.
I knew the unboxing was going to be terrible for him and those around him afterwards, he said.
I knew President Noël Le Graët as president of Guingamp and as president of the LFP.
He was an excellent leader, the sole leader of the LFP, FFF and a football club.
We would have liked him to come out the front door, but what I fear is that in a few years, we will only remember the negative side of Noël Le Graët.
We will forget the great leader of French football.
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