Finally the end of the controversy?
The Socialist Party has been under high tension since Audrey Pulvar, its head of the regional list in Île-de-France, spoke on Saturday on “single-sex” meetings.
The former journalist said on BFM TV that white people should
"shut up"
if they participate in support groups linked to racism.
A position that is not that of the party.
While doubts about maintaining his candidacy for the regional began to appear, Olivier Faure wanted to silence the rumors.
Invited on LCI Tuesday morning, the first secretary assured that the PS would
"of course"
continue to support Audrey Pulvar.
The boss of the pink house explains that he phoned him on Monday.
"I told him that I found this expression unfortunate because it suggests that today, in France, there are people who should be silent,"
he explained.
"An expression more than awkward, unhappy"
Olivier Faure thus announced that Audrey Pulvar had
"planned to clarify his thoughts, to come back to this expression 'the whites must be silent'
".
"
It is an expression more than awkward, unhappy, because it does not say what our collective thought is: no one should be silent, everyone should be able to speak"
, underlined the first secretary of the PS, affirming that their head of the regional list was nevertheless
"a universalist republican"
.
The leader of the PS also wanted to temper rumors of the resignation of Senator Rachid Temal from his post as campaign manager.
The latter still declared in March that “single-sex” meetings were
“to vomit”
.
Olivier Faure assured that he too would
"of course
" stay on board the ship.
“I also spoke with him.
We all need an explanation on subjects which touch on the essential on the values that we carry ”
, he underlined, judging that when
“ confusion reigns, we want clarity ”
.
