After the withdrawal of a first accuser in the proceedings before the Committee for the Respect of Principles (CRP) of the movement, in February, the second accuser said she did not wish to file a complaint or confront Taha Bouhafs with his accusations, said a source close to the management, confirming information from BFMTV.
"Under our internal rules and due process, the PRC lifts the precautionary measure and does not take any new measures," the source said.
"We welcome today this decision that we have been waiting for too long," responded in a statement the lawyers of Taha Bouhafs, Me William Bourdon, Raphaël Kempf and Vincent Brengarth.
"We recall that Taha Bouhafs, who has always maintained his innocence, has not been the subject of any complaint or legal proceedings," the councils wrote. "Yet he has been excluded from the legislative elections, from his political movement and has been the subject of a form of social and professional banishment because of which he has been unemployed for a year."
They conclude: "Let all this history make us reflect collectively on the dangers of parallel justice."
The case had caused a stir in the middle of the legislative campaign, raising the question of the merits for the parties to substitute themselves for justice.
MP Clémentine Autain, among other rebels, had defended the need for internal procedures to better take charge of the voice of potential victims, believing that justice was fallible in this matter.
For his part, Taha Bouhafs had denounced the internal procedure, indicating that he had never been confronted with the accusations and therefore had not been able to defend himself.
His lawyers said he "will speak in due course, if it proves useful", after the CRP's decision.
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