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The communist presidential candidate Fabien Roussel is in turmoil. According to Mediapart, he would have been the ghost parliamentary assistant of a deputy from the North between 2009 and 2014. The person concerned defends himself and claims to have documents which prove his activity during these years, but he has not produced for the moment no tangible evidence.
Did Fabien Roussel really fulfill his duties as parliamentary attaché between 2009 and 2014? According to a Mediapart investigation, it was for the Communist Federation of the North that he worked, and not for the deputy Jean-Jacques Candelier, who paid him 2,400 euros per month from funds from the National Assembly.
The communist candidate did not provide material proof of his functions as a parliamentary attaché. Fabien Roussel defended himself from these accusations, claiming to have worked for Jean-Jacques Candelier. However, on the website of Jean-Jacques Candelier in February 2010, he does not appear in the team of assistants. At that time, Fabien Roussel was also president of the Communist Federation of the North. A militant activity that he should have exercised only in his free time, but no control is operated within the National Assembly.