The current operator of the 3919 helpline for women victims of violence will take legal action to demand the cancellation of the competitive process which should decide the future of this service, he announced. Wednesday 20 January.
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Faced with the stubbornness of the government to open a public market
" to designate the structure to manage the 3919, the National Federation of Solidarity Women (FNSF), which operates this service since 1992, "
decided to introduce a summary today pre-contractual before the administrative court of Paris to obtain its cancellation,
”she explained in a press release.
"
Consequently
", the FNSF decided "
not to tender for the call for tenders
”Launched by the government on December 15, adds the federation, supported by several feminist organizations and by a petition which has collected more than 65,000 signatures.
Currently the FNSF is bound by an agreement of objectives and resources to the State, which finances 80% of the line's budget.
But the government, which wants to strengthen this service and in particular make it accessible 24 hours a day, says that a tendering procedure is essential for legal reasons.
In the medium term, the line will indeed become comparable to a public service, since the State will define its objectives and modalities, and will finance it at 100%, argues the office of the Minister responsible for Gender Equality and women, Elisabeth Moreno.
For the FNSF, on the contrary, there is "
no sense
" in resorting to a public market.
"
The continuation of the management of 3919 thanks to state subsidies is perfectly legal
", maintains the lawyer of the federation, Emmanuelle Yvon.
The FNSF denounced last week the “
mercantile
”
approach
on which the call for tenders is based, according to it: “
the criteria put forward for the choice of a service provider are essentially quantitative (duration and quantity of calls) and not take into account the quality of listening
”.
The federation therefore fears a "
major deterioration in the aid and support provided to women victims of violence
".
Elisabeth Moreno had specified in November that the FNSF had "
perfectly the legitimacy to respond to this market
".
However, for the president of the FNSF, Dominique Guillien-Isenmann, if the government awarded the contract to another operator, it could be forced to change the number, the FNSF being the owner of "
3919
".
