Julien Bayou “remains leader of the party, he remains co-president of the group” Europe-Ecology The Greens (EELV) at the Assembly “but its functions are put in parentheses”, says Sandra Regol, vice-president of environmental deputies, invited Wednesday, September 21 on franceinfo. The national secretary of the Greens is accused by his ex-girlfriend of “moral violence”, according to the words of Sandrine Rousseau.
His withdrawal “temporary” will be effective “until needed”, adds Sandra Regol, while an internal party commission is investigating these accusations. Julien Bayou will therefore not be present at the meeting between the heads of parliamentary groups and the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, scheduled for the day. The co-president of the Greens, Cyrielle Chatelain, will go there alone.
“It’s a media and political diet, it’s above all a gesture of respect towards the women who are mobilized and who are angry, not especially against him, but against the politicians who do nothing.”
Sandra Regol, vice-president of the ecologist deputiesat franceinfo
She assures that it is a “collective decision” of the Greens in the face of “legitimate questions from women, feminists, people who have been victims and who feel hurt each time a story of this type comes out. in political circles”.
The EELV party, which claims to be a party “eco-feminist”, wants to show “it’s clear” that he does “not pretend”, that it takes women’s voices into consideration. “From the moment the rumor leaves, it is important to be able to clarify, for Julien Bayou, for his ex-girlfriend, it is the work that we do“, says Sandra Régol. “I am not able to judge, but I have a political line, and I must, when a woman speaks, hear, listen and consider what she says”, she continues.
The internal committee of the Greens, made up of volunteers “trained for this type of business”, has not completed its investigation. Julien Bayou will be heard “soon”. The testimony of his ex-companion has already been collected. “We will not have the ins and outs but she will report her conclusions to the party to exonerate or to punish”, sums up the Green MP.
Sandra Regol specifies that this commission does not “not a substitute for justice”, she only gives “a space where people, women, girls, victims, can tell what they have experienced” in order to guarantee the women of the party “to be able to militate in all serenity”.