“If it happens again, I will do it again” : the ecologist deputy Sandrine Rousseau, who had revealed the accusations against her colleague Julien Bayou brought by his ex-companion, refused this Tuesday, February 7 to clear him, considering that the internal cell “was unable to complete its investigation”.
“Would you say today that Julien Bayou is innocent? »he was asked on BFMTV and RMC. “I will not comment on this as there has been no investigation”she replied. “Without an investigation, we cannot say anything”she added.
Rousseau-Bayou affair: the mystery of the darkroom
The Europe Ecologie-Les Verts cell dedicated to sexist and sexual violence decided a week ago to “close the file” of the deputy Julien Bayou, accused by an ex-companion of psychological violence, for lack of having been able “complete its investigation”.
“I will continue to support the voice of women”
Sandrine Rousseau regretted that “the women who expressed themselves in the press did not feel that the conditions were met (…) to be able to express themselves within the party. It’s a subject »she said. “I will continue to support the voice of women and if it happens again, I will do it again”she continued.
Last September, Julien Bayou had to withdraw from his posts as national secretary of EELV and co-president of the environmental group in the National Assembly for the time of an instruction within the party.
The affair had caused an explosion internally a few weeks before the congress, since the accusations of the ex-companion had been revealed live on television by Sandrine Rousseau, a controversial figure carrying an opposing strategic line within the party.
Sandrine Rousseau, the permanent boost
Supported by certain executives, Julien Bayou had counter-attacked by accusing the finalist of the environmental primary for the presidential election of being “gone too far”calling for ” not
confusing feminism and McCarthyism.
