Gathered to denounce "the culture of rape En Marche". Several thousand demonstrators protested Friday in Paris and in several cities in France against the presence in the government of Gérald Darmanin, accused of rape, and Eric Dupond-Moretti, very critical of the #MeToo movement.
"We are here to demand the resignation of part of the government. When I learned of these appointments, I cried because I myself was the victim of rape, for myself as for all the victims, it is an insult ", explained, in the crowd gathered in front of the Courthouse from Toulouse, Anouck Lagarrige, a 22-year-old employee in the culture sector.
"Gender equality was supposed to be a big quinquennium, it is completely buried," she lamented in the middle of about 300 people.
At #Toulouse we heard singing "Darmanin in the Garonne". Feminist demonstration against the #Castex government and the appointments of G. Darmanin to the Interior and of E. Dupond-Moretti to justice. About 300 people walked from Courthouse to #Crous. pic.twitter.com/y6abiov09A
- Johanna Cincinatis (@J_cincinatis) July 10, 2020The signs held up left no doubt about the indignation of the demonstrators, the majority of whom were women. In Toulouse: "Welcome to the ministry of rape", "Rapists in prison, not in government", "A rapist in the Interior, an accomplice to Justice". In Lille: "We get up and we fight", "Shaking shame", "Stop impunity". In Paris: "The anger of women is booming". In Saint-Etienne: "a rapist inside, let's take out the secateurs" ...
" It's getting worse "
"The presumption of innocence, it is easily brandished when it affects heterosexual white men, if tomorrow some of us were to admit to being accused of rape during a job interview, I doubt that he would have the job, ”said Alain, a 26-year-old employee who also demonstrated in Toulouse.
"For months, everyone has been trying to make things happen and there it is getting worse and worse, our Interior Minister is accused of rape, it's crazy ...", denounced among the 200 or so demonstrators from Lille Lara, holding up a sign: "All the dinosaurs must disappear".
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In Paris, the demonstrators were around a thousand gathered on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville, also at the call of the feminist collective #NousToutes.
It's happening right now, on the forecourt of the City Hall of #Paris ... #NousToutes pic.twitter.com/u2RFQbKTmi
- Audrey PULVAR (@AudreyPulvar) July 10, 2020"The appointment of Darmanin is a spit in the mouth of all the victims," said Nollaïg, a 24-year-old student, met in Paris. "This kind of gathering will wake people up," she hoped.
"We expect nothing more"
While the demonstrators chanted "shame! Shame! "And sang" the great cause of the quinquennium and the Grenelle was blah ", the feminist activist Caroline de Haas assured that" we do not wait for the resignation (of the government), we do not expect anything anymore ".
On the colonnade closing the access to the City Hall of Bordeaux, where the demonstrators were 600 according to the prefecture, a large black banner had been stretched, on which was written in fluorescent green "power", followed by a circle on a cross, the symbolic sign of the woman.
Seven hundred people also demonstrated in Nantes according to the prefecture. In Grenoble, a black coffin, on which was written "RIP the great cause of the quinquennium", Equality Women-men, was symbolically placed around 6 pm in front of the entrance to the Palace of Justice.
▶ BrDIRECT from #Brussels: demonstration in front of the French Embassy against #RemaniementDeLaHonte: "A rapist inside, an accomplice to justice". Solidarity against the political choice to name #Darmanin and #DupondMorreti in the government #Castex #Macron # PresumedMentary pic.twitter.com/Zr6B041Lx2
- Alexandra Lutz (@lexandra_lutz) July 10, 2020A support event was also organized in Brussels. "Presumed to be liars", "Recycle your waste, don't make them ministers", "Shame", could be read on signs held by demonstrators.