Senegal President exhibits help for PSG participant Idrissa Gueye following homophobia row
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With French golf equipment’ gamers inspired to put on rainbow-colored numbers on the again of their shirts to commemorate World Day In opposition to Homophobia on Might 17, the 32-year-old Gueye, who’s a religious Muslim, missed PSG’s match in opposition to Montpellier to keep away from carrying the shirt, in accordance with French sports activities broadcaster RMC Sport.
PSG head coach Mauricio Pochettino, instructed a media convention that Gueye was excused from Saturday’s sport for “personal reasons.”
Nevertheless, the Senegalese president has expressed his help for the midfielder.
“I support Idrissa Gana Gueye. His religious convictions must be respected,” the Senegalese president wrote in a Twitter publish.
Gueye has not commented publicly on the controversy. CNN has made makes an attempt to contact the membership for feedback.
President Sall’s present of help was welcomed by many locals within the Muslim-dominated West African nation the place being in a same-sex relationship is punishable by as much as 5 years in jail, amid a rise within the arrest and prosecution of LGBTQ neighborhood members lately.
The Senegalese participant was additionally absent throughout the identical commemorative fixture final 12 months attributable to sickness, his membership mentioned on the time, in accordance with RMC.
Gueye has been summoned by the Nationwide Council of Ethics of the French Soccer Federation (FFF) to clarify his alleged boycott of the Saturday sport, mentioned RMC Sport.
The 32-year-old’s latest no-show has sparked requires sanctions in opposition to the participant. Rouge Direct, a gaggle combating homophobia in sports activities demanded French soccer authorities sanction Gueye.
French politician Valérie Pécresse, additionally needs Gueye to be penalized for not exhibiting solidarity to the LGBTQ neighborhood.
“The players of a football club, and those of PSG in particular, are figures of identification for our young people. They have a duty to set an example. A refusal by Idrissa Gana Gueye to join the fight against homophobia could not remain without sanction!” she tweeted.
