RFEF President Pedro Rocha not planning to resign despite of suspension threat as elections are delayed | OneFootball

Interim RFEF President Pedro Rocha has no intention to resign from his role, despite an investigation being opened into potentially ‘serious infractions’. Rocha does not believe he or his managing board are guilty of any wrongdoing, who are also under investigation.

Rocha was due to be declared the permanent president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation after he stood for election without a challenger, in a temporary election. The purpose was to instal president before another set of elections could be held in September or October.

As per Cadena Cope, an investigation was opened based upon seven infractions, based on a series of decisions that were taken by the managing committee, that were not in their remit. Some of those include exceeding the limit of time before elections were called, renewing the contract of Spain manager Luis de la Fuente, dropping a legal case against La Liga regarding the CVC deal, and the sacking of Andreu Camps, the former technical secretary.

Rocha and the interim committee received notification that they had been temporarily suspended, delaying the elections by five days, due to an injuction from High Committee for Sport. The Administrative Sports Court has opened the investigation, and the pair could meet again before the end of the week to extend the suspension of Rocha, as per Cadena SER.

Rocha, for his part, believes they have done nothing wrong. The RFEF emitted a statement declaring their profound disagreement with the decision, and that the decisions taken were ‘obligations for the good of Spanish football’. Rocha has no intentions to resign, and Relevo say they are considering taking legal measures for a ‘perversion of justice’.

It seems the leadership of Spanish football is no closer to being resolved than it was after Luis Rubiales’ resignation. Earlier today, there were also reports that La Liga President Javier Tebas could also face a suspension following an investigation that could be opened into a complaint from Real Madrid into voting and assembly process.