The Secretary of State for Youth and the SNU, Sarah El Haïry, seized this Tuesday, April 18 the public prosecutor after accusations of sexual harassment, racism and humiliation concerning facts that occurred during stays of the service National Universal (UNS).
These facts would have taken place in June and July 2022, during two stays of cohesion of the SNU, in the Hauts-de-Seine. According to a document revealed by the weekly political ” and of which AFP obtained a copy, acts of sexual harassment, racist remarks, humiliations and inappropriate gestures were allegedly committed by a commander, and a lieutenant-colonel who allegedly had an attitude judged “inappropriate”on tutors and volunteers.
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According to this incident report, transmitted, according to “Politis”, to the Departmental Service for Youth, Engagement and Sports (SDJES), this commander would have said in particular “addressing volunteers, minors, who complain about not having a toilet in their room: ‘girls, I have a toilet in my room, if you want to go, you’ll soon be of age'”.
Collective punishment and racist remarks
At another point, it is specified that“A guardian leaned over to pick up a pen from the ground, at which point this commander punched her in the stomach at the level of the posterior, saying “be careful not to bend down like that, you could get hurt. blows””.
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The commander also called “the black supervisors “the cousin” and said that they were all cousins to each other since they are black” et “As for the other supervisors (of white skin) he addressed them by saying “the princess””is it indicated.
Concerning the lieutenant-colonel, the report recounts incidents including one “sports collective punishment on the athletics track” in the middle of the night, during which a young person found himself “lying on the ground completely unconscious”.
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Officers no longer on active duty
Contacted by AFP, Sarah El Haïry’s office explained that she had “seized the General Inspectorate of Education” so that the latter “undertakes an investigation in order to shed light on the operation” of this SNU center in the summer of 2022.
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“At the end of this mission, the necessary measures and sanctions will be taken”we are assured from the same source, adding that“under article 40 of the code of criminal procedure, the secretary of state seized the public prosecutor”.
According to a source familiar with the matter, these officers are no longer on active service with the army.
In a tweet, the Union Etudiante union on Tuesday denounced “serious behavior” et “shocking”.
