The environmental group in the Assembly announced on Tuesday February 7 the end of the withdrawal of MP Julien Bayou after the closure of the internal investigation into accusations of psychological violence, but Sandrine Rousseau, who had put the spotlight on the case, refused to clear him.
“
If it happens again, I will do
it again ,” said the Green MP on BFMTV, who in September relayed the accusations on a television set.
She refused to say that Julien Bayou was innocent, after the Europe Ecologie-Les Verts cell dedicated to sexist and sexual violence decided a week ago to "
close the file
", for lack of having been able to "
lead to his investigation well
.
“
I will not pronounce on it insofar as there was no investigation
, she replied.
Without investigation, nothing can be said.
»
An investigation that could not be completed
On February 1, the management of EELV announced the closure of the Bayou file, the body dedicated to gender-based and sexual violence (VSS) not having been able to
“complete its investigation”
after seven months of investigation.
"The initial hearing (of the complainant), the starting point of the investigation, could not take place"
and
"no one else entered the cell about Julien Bayou"
, had justified the party in a press release.
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Sandrine Rousseau, she, regretted that “
the women who expressed themselves in the press did not feel the conditions fulfilled (…) to be able to express themselves within the party.
It is a subject
”.
And to continue: "
I will continue to support the voice of women and if it happens again, I will do it again
".
Until the end of his withdrawal, Julien Bayou no longer had to speak in the media on behalf of the group or ensure general discussions in the hemicycle.
With this decision, the deputy can resume his normal activities as a deputy, but the question of a resumption of his position as group co-president, which he assured with the deputy Cyrielle Chatelain, “
does not arise for the moment
” , says one in his entourage.
Cyrielle Chatelain therefore remains alone in post.
A Bayou/Rousseau opposition
Last September, Julien Bayou had to withdraw from his posts as national secretary of EELV and co-president of the environmental group for the time of an instruction within the party.
The case had caused an internal explosion a few weeks before the congress, since the accusations of psychological violence by his ex-companion had been revealed live on television by Sandrine Rousseau, a controversial figure carrying an opposing strategic line within the left.
Supported by certain executives, Julien Bayou had counterattacked by accusing the finalist of the environmental primary for the presidential election of having "
gone too far
", calling not to "
confuse feminism and McCarthyism
".