France: Julien Bayou resigns from his position as national secretary of EELV
Julien Bayou, accused of moral harassment by his ex-companion, announced Monday morning his resignation from his post as national secretary of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV).
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Julien Bayou, accused of moral harassment by his ex-girlfriend, announced Monday morning his resignation from his post as national secretary of Europe Écologie-Les Verts (EELV) and from the presidency of the environmental group in the National Assembly, denouncing a "untenable" situation in a press release.
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A few days after announcing that he was stepping back from his post as co-president of the environmental group in the National Assembly, Julien Bayou finally announced this morning that he was resigning from this function but also from his post as national secretary for Europe. Ecology-The Greens.
The deputy published a press release on Monday, September 26 where he implicates the committee against sexual and gender-based violence of his party, seized by his ex-companion.
"
I am accused of facts which are not presented to me, of which my accusers-ices say that they are not criminally reprehensible, and which I cannot therefore defend myself since they refuse to hear me
", explained Julien Bayou.
He will hold a press conference at 4 p.m. in Paris.
"
This situation is untenable and the deleterious context seems to prevent any discernment, at a time when society is rocking and seeking the point of balance for this so necessary feminist revolution
", he added, stressing that his decision "
does not challenge in question
" nor his mandate as a deputy nor his "
present and future commitment
".
Crisis
This resignation comes as environmentalists are shaken by accusations of moral harassment against Julien Bayou, following testimony on a program a week ago by MP Sandrine Rousseau, who met his ex-girlfriend.
The environmental group in the National Assembly suspended Julien Bayou from his co-presidency on Tuesday.
The former Greens presidential candidate Yannick Jadot had invited Julien Bayou on Sunday to “
withdraw
” from the national secretariat of EELV.
The resignation of the secretary general also occurs the day after the rejection by the Greens of an internal referendum to simplify the organization and adapt EELV to the "
conquest of power
", which was supported by the party leadership, plunging the environmental training in the crisis.
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To read: Violence against women: Julien Bayou "withdrawn" from the co-presidency of the EELV group
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