Three women from the family of Marc Pulvar, a great figure in Martinican unionism who died in 2008 and father of the former journalist and now deputy mayor of Paris Audrey Pulvar, accuse him in a forum of having been a "pedophile" .
They say they want to put an end to the "heroic character".
Marc Pulvar, a great figure of Martinican unionism who died in 2008, is accused of having been a "pedophile" by three women in his family who explain, in a forum, wanting to put an end to the "heroisation of the character".
"At the age of 7 and 10, our roads crossed that of a man," wrote the territorial advisor Karine Mousseau with her cousins Barbara Glissant and Valérie Fallourd, in this text consulted on Saturday by AFP.
"We still praise him today in Martinique, because he was an activist, trade unionist, defender of the oppressed."
"Now think of him as he deserves: Marc Pulvar was a sexual predator"
"He was the uncle of the family, the favorite, already adored by all. A total trust, which still lasts posthumously today, and which we have decided to break, once and for all", add- they about the father of Audrey Pulvar, deputy mayor of Paris.
"Put an end to this heroic character, never again pay him any homage in the future and now think of him as he deserves: Marc Pulvar, alias Loulou for close friends, was a sexual predator", they still write .
Mathematics teacher, Marc Pulvar left his mark on trade unionism and Martinican political life by creating the Central Syndicate of Martinican workers and then by co-founding the movement "La Parole au Peuple", which would later become the Martinican independence movement.
He died in 2008 at the age of 71.
"I fully support them and admire their courage", says Audrey Pulvar
In a statement to AFP, his daughter, Audrey Pulvar, indicates to have "been made aware of the crimes committed" by her father "some twenty years ago when my cousins told us about it".
"It was a very deep shock for my relatives and me. As long as they did not wish to express themselves publicly, it was not for us, for me, to substitute ourselves for their words of victims", adds the deputy mayor of Paris and head of the regional list in Ile-de-France.
"They are able and have decided to do it today: I fully support them and admire their courage. I hope that they will be heard and that their word be respected", continues the former journalist.
Testimonies have multiplied in France on cases of incest since the publication of Camille Kouchner's book,
La Familia Grande
, in which the author accuses her former father-in-law, Olivier Duhamel, of having sexually assaulted her twin brother when he was a teenager.