The Ecologist Campaign Director believes that Matthieu Orphan no longer has the “serenity necessary for the exercise of his duties”, after the accusations of rape and sexual assault aiming for Nicolas Hulot.
Le Monde with AFP
The accusations of rape and sexual assault that aim for Nicolas Hulot continue to make waves. One of his relatives, Matthieu Orphan, who is the spokesman for the candidate EELV at the next presidential election Yannick Jadot, was put “upstream of his responsibilities”, announced the Campaign Director Mounir Satouri, Saturday 27 November , at the France-Presse agency (AFP).
“It was decided to put Matthew orphan in withdrawal of his spokesperson responsibilities in the ecologist presidential campaign. The serenity necessary for the exercise of his duties is no longer possible following the revelations of special envoy” , Satouri explained in a statement, with reference to the new charges against Mr. Hulot.
The new testimonies against Nicolas Hulot feed “full of questions for a few days on the state of reality of what the loved ones” of the former and ex-minister knew, then specified Mr. Satouri. That is why it was considered “appropriate to release it from this [spokesperson] responsibility and leave it free of its answers and its communication,” he said.
” Stunned by testimonials “
Matthieu Orphan had been said, in a press release Friday, “stunned by the testimonies heard” in the report of “Special Envoy” the day before, and had called to “strengthen our collective vigilance and our actions in the face of behaviors of Violence made to women “.
The same day, an ex-militant of EELV, Pauline Lavaud, said on BFM-TV have been removed from the Nicolas Hulot campaign for the party’s internal primary in 2011 because it “excited it too much ” Following this testimony, the feminist-friendly collective asked for accounts via Twitter at EELV on “the identity of people who spread Pauline Lavaud” and Matthieu Orphan to find out if he “did not know” that.
“Yannick Jadot reaffirms his total support for victims and emphasizes the extraordinary courage of women who testified,” said the campaign manager in his statement.
The parquet of Paris has opened on Friday a preliminary inquiry after the dissemination of a resounding survey of France 2 in which several women accuse Nicolas Hulot of rape and sexual aggression, which he denies fiercely.
At least six women, including a minor at the time of the fact, call Nicolas Hulot who has long been one of the favorite personalities of the French. In the report broadcast Thursday night in the show “Special sent”, three of them testify, including two in face discovered.
The day before, the former Minister of Emmanuel Macron’s ecological transition, had taken the floor to try to dedicate the situation. He had refuted, on BFM-TV, these accusations and announced to withdraw from public life. “From now on, I live for my friends, for my family. I leave my commitment and I will not speak more. It’s too heavy paid,” he said.