“Can Damien Abad, as his duties require, embody the general interest?

".

Nearly 200 women, elected officials, journalists, feminists, artists ask the question in a column published this Monday by

Le Monde

.

They demand the resignation of the Minister of Solidarity, targeted by accusations of sexual violence.

The Observatory of gender-based and sexual violence in politics and the feminist association #NousToutes are at the origin of this initiative.

“Can he, when three women accuse him of rape or attempted rape and that many people, including elected officials of the Republic, have testified to completely inappropriate behavior?

“, Continues this platform, signed in particular by elected representatives of the opposition including Laurence Rossignol (PS), Alice Coffin (ecologist) and Clémentine Autain (LFI).

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Damien Abad denies the charges

A hundred women gathered on Monday at Place du Châtelet in Paris to demand his resignation, as well as that of Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, noted an AFP journalist.

"We want to draw attention to the huge gap between the second pseudo great cause of Emmanuel Macron's five-year term and the continued government of Gérald Darmanin and Damien Abad, two men accused of rape and gender-based violence, in government", explained Fatima Benomar, of #NousToutes.

For his part, Damien Abad refuted the accusations made against him in Mediapart, denouncing the "carefully chosen schedule" and the "partiality" of the newspaper's investigation.

“To reduce this violence, the men who commit it must understand the seriousness and the criminality of their acts.

If ministers can act with impunity, a blank check seems to be sent to all the others, ”continues the tribune also signed by actress Adèle Haenel.

“Why should ministers be above the law?

»

"In a company, if a person accused of sexual harassment was protected by his employer, kept in his post, without an internal investigation, without a preventive measure, without a temporary layoff while an investigation was deployed, the responsibility of the company could be engaged.

(…) Why would ministers be above the laws that apply to society as a whole?

“, continues the text.

The signatories demand "the immediate resignation of Damien Abad and of any person implicated in sexual violence with a political mandate".

Damien Abad, former leader of the Les Républicains deputies who rallied to Emmanuel Macron after the presidential election, was re-elected on Sunday as a deputy in Ain, with 57.86% of the vote against candidate Nupes.

Paris

Paris: “No rapist inside, no impunity for Solidarity”… The #NousToutes collective gathered to call for the resignation of Darmanin and Abad

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