POLITICS – With trembling voice and wet eyes, Sandrine Rousseau was plunged back into its own history, this Thursday, December 12, at the end of the commission of inquiry into sexual violence committed in the artistic and media sectors. As you can see in the video at the top of the articlethe environmentalist MP expressed herself in a more personal way, at the end of the hearing.
Sandrine Rousseau in fact recalled that she herself had denounced sexual violence and been the subject of “ one of the first investigations into sexist and sexual violence in the political world “.
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In 2016, she accused sexual assaultwith ten other women, the former vice-president of the National Assembly and deputy Denis Baupin, who had denied it outright. The investigation was closed due to limitation even though certain facts were “likely to be criminally qualified”, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. Their accusations were published a few days before International Women’s Day, March 8, for “reestablish justice”Sandrine Rousseau then clarified.
The investigation was carried out by journalists from France Inter and Mediapartwhom she wanted to thank this Thursday: “ When people speak, there is a great weakening of people and the seriousness of these investigations is the only protectionshe explained, swallowing back tears. You (the journalists, editor’s note) have a lot of responsibility for the seriousness of the investigation, because that is the only thing that will protect the victim who speaks. »
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