The situation of Damien Abad, accused of rape by two women, continues to divide the political class.
While the new Minister of Solidarity is at this stage confirmed in the government, the left is calling for his resignation.
Others, like Jean-Pierre Raffarin, defend his presumed innocence.
Invited on Wednesday May 25 on Europe 1, the former Prime Minister and supporter of Emmanuel Macron called for caution.
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"
As long as there is no legal procedure, you must not resign
", declared Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who considers that leaving the government under these conditions would amount to opening the way to "
any operation (...) of manipulation
”.
However, “
until we have the truth, we must be very, very careful
”.
"
If our society leads the innocent to resign, it is still something quite serious
," he insisted.
The former head of government recognizes, however, that the way forward is relatively vague.
"
We cannot have rules that would fall under political justice or media justice,
" he said.
But today there is “
a lack of rule of law on this subject
”.
To overcome this lack, Jean-Pierre Raffarin suggests forming "
a group of jurists
" capable of giving "
political power a rule of law
".
“
Maybe we have to find a new law, find new rules.
“In the meantime, he calls for sticking to “
the rule of law
”, which in his eyes resides in the principle of the presumption of innocence.
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