More than a year before the Olympic Games, the president of the National Committee resigns

It’s a twist, while the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) is already in turmoil. This Thursday May 25th Brigitte HenriquesChairman of the Committee, announced his resignation with a press release.

This decision comes while the Committee is going through a certain crisis. Indeed, many tensions have been present internally for more than a year, especially between Brigitte Henriques and her predecessor. Denis Massaglia. Last October, Henriques had filed a complaint for “psychological violence” against the former secretary general of the body, Didier Seminet. In mid-May, Masseglia said he wanted to file a complaint against X for breach of trust in the Finance Prosecutor’s Office.

Because last March, the publication of the report of two administrators who had access to the CNOSF account book detailed the sums committed by the institution: between 50,000 and 60,000 euros in legal fees and communication agency fees, in particular used for the dismissal reported the former Secretary General The world.

A little over a year before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the former footballer, who was also the first woman to assume the presidency of the committee, resigns. The Secretary General of the CNOSF, Astrid Guyart, becomes interim president, we can learn in the press release. A new president will be elected from within “three months ahead”.

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