Walk to denounce the “shame change”. Feminist rallies are announced Friday in several cities in France against the government reshuffle after the appointments of Gérald Darmanin, accused of rape, at the Ministry of the Interior, and Eric Dupond-Moretti, very critical of the #MeToo movement, in Justice.
In Paris, the demonstration must take place in front of the Hôtel de Ville from 6 p.m., at the call of the feminist committee of female students of the University of Paris-I, supported by the collective #Noustoutes. “Three years after #MeToo, the French State has once again shown that the well-being and safety of women is not a priority. (…) What message does the French government send to women hesitant to file a rape complaint? “, Write the organizers on Facebook.
Meetings planned in Marseille, Rennes, Angers
More than 1,000 people had declared Thursday afternoon on the social network their intention to participate. As of Tuesday, during the transfer of power between Christophe Castaner and Gérald Darmanin, feminists had carried out several punching actions, chanting "Darmanin rapist" and holding up signs "Darmanin inside, you are torching yourself with our complaints".
List of feminist rallies planned tomorrow in France and worldwide against the reshuffle. ⬇️⬇️
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In Lille, where a hundred people had already mobilized Tuesday evening on the Place de la République to denounce the "shame reshuffle", a new meeting is given on the Grand Place to request the "resignation" of two ministers. Other gatherings are planned in front of the courthouses in Marseille and Grenoble, Place de l'Hotel de Ville in Rennes, in front of the prefecture in Angers, as well as in Nantes and Caen.
"The right to the presumption of innocence"
The new interior minister said Thursday "have the right to the presumption of innocence", stressing "that there have been three court decisions, two preliminary investigations have been closed without prosecution and a dismissal rendered by two investigating judges ".
Gérald Darmanin was accused in 2017 of rape by a woman, Sophie Patterson-Spatz, who requested it in 2009, when he was project manager in the legal affairs department of the UMP (party which became LR), in an attempt to to quash a 2004 conviction for blackmail and malicious calls against an ex-boyfriend.
According to his statements, Mr. Darmanin drew her support, and she felt forced to "go to the pan". Mr. Darmanin acknowledged sexual intercourse with this woman but, according to him, freely consented. Initially classified without continuation, the procedure was relaunched by the Paris court of appeal which asked at the beginning of June for new investigations.
For his part, Eric Dupond-Moretti notably estimated in 2018 "that whistling a woman becomes a criminal offense, it's mind-boggling", in the midst of a debate on the creation of a crime of sexist contempt.
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- Feminism
- Society
- MeToo
- Rape
- Gérald Darmanin
- Reshuffle
- Government
- Eric Dupond-Moretti