The body claims to have never received “any report” against the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis. The new chairman of the National Assembly’s finance committee has been “under attack (…) on his behavior with women” for “several weeks”.
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The committee against sexual violence of La France insoumise defended the deputy Eric Coquerel, new president of the finance committee of the National Assembly, against “rumors about his behavior with women”Thursday, June 30.
“For several weeks, MP Eric Coquerel has been the object of attacks on social networks raising suspicion about his behavior towards women”writes the committee, “attacks which have intensified today following his election as chairman of the Finance Committee”. But the body, which claims to be independent of the political direction of LFI, ensures that it does not have “never received any report” concerning him “for whatever reason”.
This press release comes a few hours after statements by feminist activist Rokhaya Diallo, who explained that she had “heard many times women talk about the behavior he [Eric Coquerel] would have with women”, on RTL. She also suggests that it was the chairman of the Assembly’s finance committee who was targeted by an article in the magazine Causette, dated December 2018 and accusing an anonymous LFI deputy of “slips (…) known and common”.
“It is not for me to make accusations”underlined the author, while suggesting “let the light be shed”. The committee says “available to listen to women and receive their testimonies”but “deplores the circulation of rumors not based on any concrete element” and “which in no way helps to fight effectively against sexist and sexual violence”.