2023-10-10 22:34:29
The president of the Île-de-France Region Valérie Pécresse received basketball leaders, including the president of the French Federation (FFBB), Jean-Pierre Siutat, this Tuesday, October 10, and announced the suspension of subsidies, targeting several clubs, for attacks on secularism.
The region in favor of a national framework. The president of the Ile-de-France Region Valérie Pécresse and Patrick Karam, vice-president in charge of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, received the basketball leaders this Tuesday, October 10.
Thus, the two political leaders announced to the presidents of the French Basketball Federation and the Île-de-France Basketball League, Jean Pierre Siutat and Thierry Dudit, that the region was suspending their subsidies intended for several Ile-de-France clubs. basketball players, who were allegedly guilty of attacks on secularism. Several clubs are notably accused of having proselytized by allowing, despite the federal ban, young women to play with the hijab during competitions.
Support for the federation
“They expressed their total support for the Basketball Federation in the face of the desire of a certain number of Ile-de-France clubs to refuse to apply the federal basketball regulations which prohibit the veil in terms of sports attire during women’s competitions. They will inform the mayors concerned by the clubs which do not respect the rule set by the French Federation,” the region said in a press release.
During this meeting, Valérie Pécresse and Patrick Karam reminded the presidents of the French Federation and the Ligue Île-de-France, as well as the presidents of the departmental committees, also present, of the region’s commitment to the respect for secularism.
Definition of a national framework
Indeed, Ile-de-France had adopted a charter on secularism in 2017, in which it is specified in article 4 that “all public or private legal entities supported by the Region respect and ensure respect for the principles and values of the Republic.
Valérie Pécresse also asked the Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Amélie Oudea-Castera, to establish a national framework to “prohibit sports headwear”, specifies the region.
This news refers to the story of Salimata Sylla, a young 25-year-old player from the Aubervilliers club (Seine-Saint-Denis), who was excluded during a match last January, following the application of the federal rule in force which “prohibits” athletes from wearing “headgear”. The basketball player then confided her feeling of “injustice” to our colleagues at Parisian.
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