Olivier Faure dismisses a leader of the Rhône federation for a “racist remark”

The first secretary of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, announced on Saturday March 4 to resign from office Christiane Constant, just elected first federal secretary of the PS in the Rhône. She is the author of a message “contains a racial slur” which leaked to the press, the party said in a statement. “The anti-racist fight is at the foundation of the identity of the Socialist Party, which condemns in the strongest terms these unacceptable and criminally reprehensible remarks”writes the PS.

The direction “immediately asked Christiane Constant for her resignation. Not having received a letter of resignation from her at this time, First Secretary Olivier Faure dismissed Christiane Constant from her duties” And “the suspension of the Socialist Party”is it written in this press release.

Olivier Faure, specifies the PS, “will propose to the national office, once installed by the National Council of Saturday March 11, to seize the national commission of the conflicts to launch an internal procedure of sanction which can go until exclusion”.

“Insulting” and “intolerable” remarks

The LyonMag site claims that Christiane Constant wrote “We eliminated all these macaques”message followed by emojis of monkeys, in a WhatsApp group, talking about his victory. The online media questioned the socialist, who recognizes an unfortunate message but denies any racism.

Christiane Constant was defending Olivier Faure’s line. The department is also that of the opponent of the first secretary, Hélène Geoffroy, mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin, originally from Guadeloupe and opposed to the electoral agreement concluded between the PS and the other left-wing forces including La France insoumise.

“These insulting remarks with a racist connotation are intolerable. I address my deep regrets and my full solidarity to the comrades of the Socialist Party targeted in this message”for his part reacted Cédric Van Styvendael, mayor of Villeurbanne.