Insoumise France has announced that its follow -up committee against sexual and sexist violence had been seized on May 7 of “testimony relating supposed facts of sexual violence against Taha Bouhafs”.
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In the aftermath of the withdrawal of the candidacy of Taha Bouhafs in the Rhône, La France Insoumise (LFI) announced in a statement, published on Wednesday May 11, that its follow -up committee against sexual and sexist violence had been seized on Saturday d ‘A testimony accusing the journalist.
This is the reason why Mr. Bouhafs threw in the towel in the night from Monday to Tuesday when he was to be a candidate under the banner of the new Ecological and Social People’s Union (Nuts) in the 14 E Rhône district.
Information was revealed by bfm-tv and Mediapart , Wednesday. In the process, LFI published this press release which announced that its committee was seized on May 7 of “testimony relating supposed facts of sexual violence against Taha Bouhafs”, which was “confronted with the accusations of which he made the object this Monday, May 9 “. The text recalls that the interested party withdrew his candidacy “of himself”, “even before the end of our internal procedure”.
In Mediapart, Mr. Bouhafs said that this report is entering the list of “slanders” brought against him for several weeks so that he will withdraw his candidacy. “I was already at the end, the report was the last drop that led me to withdraw,” he explains. According to him, the report was made by “an ex-girlfriend”.
“I deeply believe in the political fight against violence against women and accepts the process of receiving speech. I consider that any person subject to accusation must withdraw from public life in the Waiting for the verification of this word. What I decided to do. I am not aware of other alerts, “said Mr. Bouhafs.
Mélenchon denounces the” pack “which is is “fierce” against Bouhafs
The investiture of the journalist working for the media had been very contested, in particular by the far right but also by a part of the left, because of his conviction for “public insult”, which he appealed, and of its media virulence. Michèle Picard, the communist mayor of Vénissieux, coveted the nomination in the 14 e district of the Rhône despite the agreement between the “rebellious” and the PCF within the framework of the Nuts. Mr. Bouhafs had finally announced in a press release published on Twitter on the night of Monday to Tuesday the withdrawal of his candidacy.
In this text, he denounced in particular that he had undergone “an unprecedented attack storm”. “Every day, a new slander, a new insult, a new threat of death, a new accusation,” he deplored. In the process, many “rebellious” said they regret this choice of Mr. Bouhafs, while deploring the attacks he suffered during this campaign.
“Taha Bouhafs withdraws his candidacy for the legislative elections. A pack was fierce against him,” deplored Jean-Luc Mélenchon in a tweet. For the leader of “rebellious”, “at 25, it’s heavy to live with death threats and daily public questioning. I blame myself for not having been able to comfort it as much as necessary” . After the withdrawal of Mr. Bouhafs, it is one of the assistants of Michèle Picard at the town hall of Venissieux, Idir Boumertit, who was chosen by LFI.