“You put at the head of the state men who are accused of rape”: Emmanuel Macron apostrophized by a lyc – Midi Libre

Emmanuel Macron was on the move this Thursday, June 9, 2022 in the Tarn to talk about security in rural areas. A restless exit for the head of state a few days before the first round of the legislative elections. The President of the Republic was meeting the rural world this Thursday, June 9. He came to discuss the deployment of a new gendarmerie and more generally to talk about security in less urbanized areas. A trip to Gaillac (Tarn) during which the latter was arrested by an 18-year-old high school student Laura, reports BFMTV. Macron responds with the “presumption of innocence” The young woman asked him about sexual violence. “You put at the head of the state men who are accused of rape and violence by women. Why?” Emmanuel Macron reacted immediately even before the end of the question: “No…”. And to explain that he came precisely this Thursday to discuss these questions with the gendarmes. The President explains that he is for the “freedom of speech”. “I accompanied her and I will continue to accompany her, to protect her,” he says, quoted by Le Parisien. And to defend his government: “At the same time, to function in society you must have the presumption of innocence.” “there are men like that at the head of the state” BFMTV questioned the young high school student after her exchange with Emmanuel Macron. The latter explains that she was the victim of gender-based and sexual violence. She does not file a complaint, because she believes that “it never succeeds” and because “there are men like that at the head of the state.” The young woman is not satisfied with the response of the Head of State considers that this is “spoof” and “hypocritical” remarks. Controversy around two ministers For her, Emmanuel Macron “keeps repeating that the great cause of the five-year term is the fight against violence against women, but he names men who are accused of it”. Confidences collected by our colleagues from BFMTV which echo the controversial appointments of certain ministers of the Borne government. As a reminder, Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior was targeted by a complaint for rape. The prosecution requested a dismissal at the beginning of the year. Similarly, the Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities, Damien Abad is accused of sexual violence after reports from the Observatory of gender-based and sexual violence. The Paris prosecutor’s office did not open an investigation, for lack of “elements allowing the victim of the facts denounced to be identified.”