After the withdrawal of Christophe Girard from the municipal majority, after the reaction of Anne Hidalgo, mayor (PS) of Paris, who is "satisfied" with the opening by the Paris prosecutor's office of an investigation for rape targeting the 'former deputy for Culture ... Pressure is increasing on the Parisian town hall where elected officials are demanding accounts.
Christophe Girard will he disappear from Parisian political life? “He says he is withdrawing,” notes Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu, one of Christophe Girard's “falling” feminists, “or rather we asked him to withdraw, but what does that mean exactly? "
He remains elected from the 18th century, with a comfortable allowance
Will the chosen one sit on the Paris Council at the start of the school year? Will he resign from his post of 18th century elected official and Paris councilor with his gross salary of 4,283 euros? Will he continue to sit on the culture commission of the Council of Paris? At 104, the municipal cultural establishment in rue d'Aubervilliers (19th century)? In Paris Museums that he chairs?
Asked many times, the Town Hall did not answer us but Me Delphine Meillet, Christophe Girard's lawyer, was precise: “Christophe Girard is stepping back. He will not do face-to-face but he does not resign ”.
"A terrible symbol for all victims of sexual violence"
“I think it's inconceivable, says Alice Coffin, elected EELV and other whistleblower, that Christophe Girard remains in politics, in any position whatsoever. It is sending a terrible symbol to all victims of sexual violence. I will prevent it. "
For their part, the elected Greens of the majority Paris in common want to "move forward" and demand accountability on the "Girard sequence". A meeting is planned with Emmanuel Grégoire, Anne Hidalgo's first deputy, and Fatoumata Kone, president of the EELV group at the Paris Council, where many points of tension will be discussed.
A standing ovation for Christophe Girard who goes badly, the exclusion of two elected officials ...
"There was the standing ovation from the Town Hall (Editor's note: in support of Christophe Girard after his resignation, at the Council of Paris on July 24)" , details Jérôme Gleize, elected EELV, who points to other points of contention with the majority.
“The mics cut off when Alice Coffin shouted Shame! followed by its media lynching, as well as that of Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu after this Council and the demonstration of feminists under the windows of the Town Hall (Editor's note: with the banner "Welcome to Pedoland"). There was the exclusion of the two elected pronounced by Anne Hidalgo and the blanco passed on lists to erase names, including that of Alice Coffin and Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu, who were to sit on the departmental council of National Education , he lists. It is a denial of democracy. We could have attacked the administrative tribunal but we wanted to calm things down. We're just going to ask for redress. "
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On the right, Nelly Garnier, counselor (LR) of Paris, who was present at the Paris Council of July 24, remains "dumbfounded". The one who was Rachida Dati's campaign director during the last municipal elections is one of the few present who did not stand up and not to have applauded Christophe Girard.
"A worldly connivance"
The elected, who welcomes the opening of an investigation targeting Christophe Girard, does not mince his words. “I was very shocked that Didier Lallement, representative of the State, prefect of police, left his role, gives lessons and pays tribute to the dignity of Christophe Girard! I was very shocked by the attitude of a left-wing majority that calls itself a feminist and which has been incredibly violent towards Alice Coffin and Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu. Uneasy to see this cultural left which abandons the defense of the most fragile when it comes to protecting its own. "
Nelly Garnier considers that in the background of this affair, there is "a worldly connivance which considers that raping children in low-rent housing in working-class housing estates is pedophilia, but doing it in hotel rooms in Saint-Germain-des-Prés or the villas of Los Angeles, it's artistic. Pedophilia is a crime ”.
A restless start for the majority
The political comeback at the town hall of Paris promises to be agitated for Anne Hidalgo. "Christophe Girard must resign from all his mandates", insists Camille, feminist activist, 23 years old, member of Les Grenades, a collective of splicers in Paris, which strives to flower the walls of Paris with messages on feminicides.
Camille was in the group of demonstrators, under the windows of the Town Hall. She says she is "in solidarity" with Aniss Hmaïd, who told the New York Times to have been the victim of sexual abuse at the hands of Christophe Girard, almost thirty years ago. “We will not let go. Feminists don't take vacations! "
