In an article, Mediapart writes that Damien Abad “was appointed Minister of Solidarity despite a report for alleged acts of rape sent to LREM and LR”.
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“Of course, I didn’t know.” Traveling on Sunday May 22 in Calvados, where she is campaigning for the legislative elections, Elisabeth Borne reacted to the accusations of rape against Damien Abad, appointed head of the Ministry of Solidarity on Friday. The Prime Minister claims to have “discovered the Mediapart article yesterday”. “I have no more elements than the fact that the case has been closed without further action. I can assure you that if there are new elements, if justice is again seized, we will draw all the consequences. “she completed at the microphone of several media, including franceinfo.
“I will be very clear: on all these subjects of harassment, sexual assault, there can be no impunity”, she said. Elisabeth Borne also said she wanted “continue to act so that women, who may be victims of aggression, harassment, can free their speech, that they are welcomed to file a complaint”.
In an article published on Saturday, Mediapart writes that Damien Abad “was appointed Minister of Solidarity despite a report for alleged acts of rape sent to LREM and LR by the Observatory of sexist and sexual violence in politics”. According to the news site, a rape complaint was filed in 2017 against Damien Abad and dismissed. This last “contest with the greatest force” the “accusations of sexual violence” against him,” he said in a statement.