The communist candidate challenges the article of “Mediapart”, according to which he has been an employee as a parliamentary assistant for six years without working.
Le Monde
Five days after the publication, by Mediapart , of an article involving the materiality of Fabien Roussel’s work as a parliamentary assistant between 2009 and 2014, the French Communist Party candidate (PCF) continues its efforts to try to limit the effects on its election campaign.
After several media interventions to categorically deny having held a fictitious job with the member for Northern Jean-Jacques Candelier, Mr. Roussel published, Friday, February 25, a series of testimonials and documents to support his version of a ” Commitment on the total ground, determining “. “There is nothing” ghost “in this period of my life”, writes the member in a text published on his campaign website and entitled “ Transparency on my work “.
Testimonials of olders
“If I absolutely do not provide any evidence to journalists, I want to be transparent because I am deeply indignant, affected and affected by these accusations that challenge my work, all my years of fighting and my Integrity, “writes Fabien Roussel. Two short testimonials from Jean-Jacques Candelier’s collaborators, as well as that of Dominique Ben, a trade unionist of the General Labor Confederation (CGT). The latter assures having worked “on many files” with Mr. Roussel at the time.
A working file where the names of the two men appear is also attached to the testimonials, including compiling documents on the operation of the mine gas or the privatization in The Pas-de-Calais mining sector . Several excerpts from Jean-Jacques Candelier’s Gazette are also presented, Fabien Roussel appearing on some MP’s moving images.
In Meeting in the municipality of plane (Pas-de-Calais), Thursday evening, Fabien Roussel could put forward his proximity to the inhabitants of the department. “Fabien Roussel, it’s not a bureaucrat, he knows the galley of people, and that’s because he comes from here,” said France-Presse One of the spectators, Anthony Sardo , 23 years old, official. Interviewed by Le Figaro , Friday, the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) said” Do not consider any communication “and has not opened at this stage. investigation following the revelations of Mediapart.