(Reuters) – Pedro Rocha was elected president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) despite being indicted two weeks earlier in a corruption case, the RFEF announced in a press release on Friday.
Pedro Rocha received the support of the majority of members of the assembly which makes up the institution which governs Spanish football, the press release specifies.
The only candidate in the running, the 70-year-old leader had held the position on an interim basis since the sidelining of Luis Rubiales, excluded for three years in October by FIFA for having kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the mouth without her consent during the celebrations. of Spain’s world title.
Pedro Rocha was indicted on April 12 for a corruption case that affects a large part of the RFEF, including former president Luis Rubiales.
On Thursday, the Spanish government announced the supervision of the Spanish Football Federation “in response to the crisis the organization is going through and to defend the general interest of Spain.”
(Writing by Vincent Daheron, editing by Kate Entringer)
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