The Socialist section of Saint-Nazaire expressed Sunday "his full support" to Mayor David Samzun, denouncing the statements of the boss of the PS Olivier Faure who announced that the investiture of the elected was frozen after the case of alleged violence sexual.
"Surprise and his anger"
"Following the announcement of the first secretary of the Socialist Party, the section of the Socialist Party of Saint-Nazaire reaffirms its full support for the man, the Mayor and candidate David Samzun," she wrote in a statement. Expressing "its surprise and anger", the Socialist section of Nazi denounces a method "unworthy of a political party that advocates transparency and respect for activists" after an announcement "by the national media, without having previously informed the person himself".
"Justice is expressed on the merits of the case"
Saturday, Olivier Faure had announced that it was "recorded that there is no possibility of granting the socialist inauguration to the outgoing mayor", in an interview with the newspaper Presse-Océan . "The situation will be frozen until discussions are held with the city and a clarification of the situation is obtained," said Olivier Faure in the daily newspaper Loire-Atlantique.
Oliver Faure's reproaches have "no foundation", according to the section. "The justice was expressed on the merits of the case" and "the conclusion of the prosecutor's office of Saint-Nazaire is the classification without continuation because of the absence of offense," she said.
Classified without continuation
Since late June, the mayor of this socialist bastion is shaken by a serious crisis following accusations of sexual violence against another elected. The prosecutor of Saint-Nazaire Sylvie Canovas-Lagarde had opened an investigation of the head of rape for acts committed in 2014, revealed in June by the "mail of an elected". The alleged victim had left the city council but had not complained. In May, the Finance Assistant, Martin Arnout, targeted by the accusations of sexual violence, filed a complaint for defamation against the first assistant of Saint-Nazaire. The prosecutor had dismissed the two cases as the investigation failed to "characterize the elements of the rape".