The Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF) has confirmed Pedro Rocha as its new president.
Rocha has been elected as Luis Rubiales’ alternative, regardless of being beneath investigation for corruption.
He had been serving as interim president since Rubiales resigned in September over the scandal prompted when he kissed participant Jenni Hermoso following Spain’s Ladies’s World Cup triumph in August.
In a press release launched on Friday, the RFEF stated: “Pedro Rocha has right now been proclaimed the brand new president of the Royal Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF), after having acquired the help of the vast majority of the meeting members of this establishment that governs Spanish soccer.
“The method adopted the process agreed by the Electoral Fee, which met this morning, and the timetable that was established for these elections.”
Rocha has been beneath investigation since earlier in April, after the RFEF’s headquarters was raided by police final month. The Spanish authorities introduced on Thursday that it could be stepping in to supervise the working of the organisation.
Pedro Rocha, proclamado nuevo presidente de la RFEF.
pic.twitter.com/pRLR3sjII8
— RFEF (@rfef) April 26, 2024
