The embarrassment was palpable this Tuesday, September 20 at the National Assembly. About fifteen deputies from La France insoumise (LFI) had come to present the 12 texts planned for their parliamentary niche – the monthly session during which the agenda is set by the opposition deputies, not by the government – from November 24 . But they had to face questions about Adrien Quatennens, who admitted violence towards his companion and questions about the attitude of Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
After having kept a low profile in relation to “new phenomena” on which ones “we are not perfectly equipped”, Clémentine Autain mentioned another troublesome affair, this time outside LFI. “I hear Sandrine Rousseau say that she has received the companion of Julien Bayouconveniently launched the member for Seine-Saint-Denis. I don’t know if this woman wants the whole of France to know about it. »
Twenty-four hours after La France insoumise, here are the environmentalists caught in the turmoil. The ex-companion of the national secretary of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) had made a report in July to the cell on sexist and sexual violence (CVSS) of the party. The case, briefly uncovered this summer by Le Figaro, would perhaps not have had an impact without the statements made by Sandrine Rousseau on Monday in “C à vous”, on France 5. The ecofeminist deputy, who had received the alleged victim at length, revealed that the latter had made an attempt of suicide. “I think that there are behaviors that are likely to break the moral health of women”, clarified the member, without however mentioning particular violence.
“Show how to manage these issues”
After the Quatennens affair, the situation was untenable. Pending the results of the investigation, Julien Bayou was “removed from duty” co-president of the environmental group in the National Assembly, announced the office of the group, Tuesday, by press release. All day, Julien Bayou occupied the conversations of his party, first in the National Assembly, during a group meeting, then within an executive office. In the middle of the afternoon, EELV decided to publish a press release, ensuring its mobilization “in the fight against violence against women”.
Rather than dwell on the case of the first secretary, the text focused on the investigation carried out by his cell, a structure “autonomous”, “transparent” et “independent”. A way to stand out from the committee on sexist violence of LFI, suspected of operating in complete opacity.
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