Green MP Sandrine Rousseau calls Éric Coquerel, the rebellious chairman of the finance committee, to no longer chair sessions to allow “an independent investigation”.
“He cannot chair the Finance Committee during the investigation, which would allow the police investigation to proceed completely independently of a media report. So yes, me, I think that he should not chair the meetings of the commission for the time of the investigation, ”advanced the environmentalist deputy this Friday on France 2.
Since Wednesday, July 13, an investigation has been opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office against the deputy France Insoumise for “harassment and sexual assault”. He had been implicated by the former “yellow vest” Sophie Tissier, who planted the plant on July 4 for acts committed by Mr. Coquerel “may be similar to sexual assault” on August 23, 2014 in Grenoble.
During a dance evening, at the end of a day of conferences, Éric Coquerel had “supported gestures, his hands were sticky and slipped on inappropriate parts of the body, he touched my buttocks several times”, has said the activist.
Differences among LFI deputies
Before taking up her current position, Sandrine Rousseau first defended Éric Coquerel. Until the complaint which apparently changed the situation. On the set of France Info, she explained that she had “searched” for evidence and “made phone calls” without any testimony reaching her “That does not mean that it does not exist, but as long as we has no direct testimonials, what to do? »
“He must let the vice-president or the vice-president preside in his place, Once this investigation is carried out, then he can resume his position as president of the finance committee if there is nothing. If he is indicted or if there is a legal procedure, he will have to resign, ”said the former candidate for the environmental primary.
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The deputy LFI Adrien Quatennens, expressed a clear disagreement with the remarks of Sandrine Rousseau. Live on BFMTV he believes that “These facts do not justify a withdrawal. One can sometimes wonder about the political use that can be made of this kind of affair as well”.