a fourth Communist Party local targeted since Monday

The local Communist Party in the 13th arrondissement of Paris was tagged with an inscription “Traitor PCF” in red on the wall of the building, reports Fabien Roussel, the PCF candidate for the presidential election on Friday March 18. The facts occurred between midnight and 9 a.m., according to the local section of the Communist Party in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, since activists were present before and after.

A complaint must be filed by the company which owns the premises, specifies the secretary of the local section, Jean-Noël Aqua, joined by franceinfo. It is the fourth local Communist Party to be targeted since Monday. The first to be affected was that of Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), tagged on the night of Monday to Tuesday with several messages “Roussel traitor of the proletariat!”, “Roussel PCF direction of traitor”, in black paint. The local in Aubervilliers (Seine-Saint-Denis) had suffered the same treatment on Wednesday with a message “Traitor PCF”just like that of the section of the 12th arrondissement of Paris a few hours later, which had been vandalized and some windows broken.

“This is not the way to do politicsreacted Friday noon the communist candidate Fabien Roussel, in a video on Twitter. I call on all Republican candidates to denounce these acts of vandalism, and to ensure that these last three weeks can take place in calm and appeasement.

This is the 4th attack on a country office in 5 days.

4 weeks before the election…

My reaction and my interpellation to the presidential candidates, attached to democratic and republican values. pic.twitter.com/ToVbA7AODB

— Fabien Roussel (@Fabien_Roussel) March 18, 2022

The local section of the Communist Party in the 13th arrondissement is calling for a rally in front of its premises this Saturday at 3 p.m., to denounce the multiple degradations that have occurred since Monday.