2023-12-15 16:39:38
His words are controversial. Renaissance President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (Paca) region Renaud Muselier qualified this Thursday on BFM Marseille of “political feminicide” the arrival at town hall of the socialist Benoît Payan in December 2020 in place of Michèle Rubirola. The latter was elected following the 2020 municipal elections, before resigning a few months later for “health” reasons.
“Benoît Payan has indisputable political know-how (…) He has, in a way, committed political feminicide by eliminating Michèle Rubirola in a personal strategy which had been set up from scratch for a long time,” said Renaud Muselier this Thursday. Re-questioned about the use of the term “political feminicide” by the presenter, the regional president maintained his remarks. “You have a green female doctor who was elected by the Marseillais and who was eliminated by a white male,” he said.
“The meaning of words is essential”
Michèle Rubirola reacted shortly after on X (ex-Twitter). “The meaning of the words is essential, feminicide is the assassination of a woman because she is a woman,” said the woman who is now first deputy mayor of the Marseille city. “I’m still here politically. ” Remarks repeated this Friday morning during of a municipal council. “I made this choice in complete freedom and no one forced me (…) I think that I am not dead politically,” she declared.
Shortly before her this Thursday, her group – Printemps Marseille – had considered that Renaud Muselier had been “guilty of an unacceptable fault”. “Instrumentalizing the murders of women is abject and unworthy of an elected representative of the Republic,” added the Marseille left.
The meaning of the words is essential, feminicide is the assassination of a woman because she is a woman.
I am still here politically, for Marseille, and alongside the State to open an HSA (and not a shooting room @RenaudMuselier). Supported, I apply the program! https://t.co/e5rFzOGNH7— Michèle Rubirola (@MicheleRubirola) December 14, 2023
This Friday, it was the mayor of the city Benoît Payan who responded to these comments. “Femicide is not a political gadget (…) It is a fight which should not make people laugh and which should not be a pretext for frivolity,” he said. He described Renaud Muselier’s words “which shame us” as “abject”. “We cannot qualify things with impunity.”
“Political feminicide”: the mayor of Marseille Benoît Payan denounces “the abject words of the regional president which shame us” pic.twitter.com/lqtcm1llOR
— BFM Marseille Provence (@BFMMarseille) December 15, 2023
“From time to time, Mark Twain (an American writer) said it like this, it is better to keep your mouth closed at the risk of appearing like an imbecile, than to open it and remove all doubts,” he said. also advanced. He then spoke to Catherine Pila, president of the opposition LR group at Marseille town hall who had supported Renaud Muselier, according to France Blue Provence.
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