Marcelo calls the Rubiales case “little things that get people’s attention.”

The President of the Republic this Wednesday referred to the Rubiales case in his speech on Ukraine as an example of “things so small that get people’s attention” compared to war deaths.

In his speech at the PSD Summer University, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza told the students about his personal experience during a recent trip to Ukraine and about the extreme situations in which he found himself.

“This is not to demotivate them, I think this is fundamental, and the president has such a responsibility, which is to solve problems in the place where you live. But in reality, there are very minor things that occupy people’s attention: did the kiss get better? or kissing worse, even if he kissed anyway,” he said.

Then the head of state admitted that these were “also fundamental issues.”

“But we spend so much time day in and day out on small important things, details, minor things,” he repeated.

In the end, the journalists questioned the President of the Republic, whether he was referring to the behavior of the President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) Luis Rubiales in the final of the Women’s World Cup and the scandalous kiss of Rubiales. football player Jenny Hermoso or if I misunderstood the link.

“No, the investigation of crimes of sexual harassment is a serious matter, but there are also more serious problems, such as death in the war, human lives on the one hand and mass lives on the other. So, from the point of view of fame, everyone is free, but one case is a separate criminal act that needs to be investigated, another is a war on death, and human life is always more expensive than all this,” he said.

After the events in Sydney, Rubiales received many criticisms: the player Jenny Hermoso said that she did not consent to the kiss, contrary to what the president of the RFEF guarantees.

Rubiales said on Friday he would not leave his post, prompting a new wave of infighting and extreme positions, with qualifiers saying they were not ready to return to represent Spain while current RFEF leaders remain in the roster. positions.

Rubiales was suspended for 90 days by FIFA on Saturday and 11 members of coach Jorge Vila’s technical team submitted their resignations. For his part, the technician condemned the “improper behavior” of the president of the RFEF.