The shock is violent, and occurs at the worst time for LFI.
Reinforced in the Assembly after the legislative elections, the Insoumis and the Nupes intended to take advantage of the start of the summer to install their frontal opposition to Emmanuel Macron.
They are for the moment mainly overtaken by accusations of sexual harassment against their colleague Éric Coquerel, who has just been appointed head of the powerful finance committee.
A complaint was filed Monday by Sophie Tissier, a former left-wing activist, who has since become a figure in the "yellow vests" movement.
“I therefore confirm that I have filed a complaint for “sexual harassment and gestures that may amount to sexual assault”.
There are witnesses.
Coquerel knows perfectly well in his heart that he is lying...»
,
“Outrageous, offensive, harassing”
“I suffered outrageous, offensive, harassing behavior,”
she had already declared on BFMTV on Sunday, referring to an evening at the Parti de gauche summer university in Grenoble in 2014.
“He did not have a normal, respectful behavior, and little by little, there were inappropriate gestures
, ”she said.
On Saturday, she also seized the internal unit of LFI against gender-based and sexual violence – she refused to do so until then, judging the facts
“not serious enough”
.
She should be auditioned soon, announced Danielle Simonnet, deputy and executive of LFI, this Monday morning on France Info.
For his part, Éric Coquerel denounced
“unfounded rumors”
.
At the
JDD
, the deputy also wanted to warn against the deviation of the “#MeToo” movement:
“It is important to realize that, like any just cause, it can be instrumentalized”
.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, former LFI presidential candidate and tutelary figure of the movement, mocked him on Twitter on Sunday:
“Objective of the barouf on Coquerel: his presidency of the finance committee and the revenge of the RN.
Media organize a parade of accusers who have in common their activism for years against LFI.