After the report of the magazine completely inquiry broadcast at the end of April, it is an investigation book which was released, Wednesday, May 7, on the rebellious France of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. In The pack (Flammarion), journalists Olivier Pérou and Charlotte Belaïch reveal exclusive documents and collect hundreds of testimonies from activists and former executives of the party founded in 2016. They bring back threats, harassment, sexist and sexual violence, but also nebulous funding. Despite these future revelations, rebellious activists continue to support Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
On her t-shirt, Nicole has Pin’s and LFI stickers. This rebellious early hour is fascinated by Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “He’s extraordinary. He says things. He makes me cry all the time when he causes, he talks about the poor, he talks about the people who waste money and we don’t. He’s beautiful.” The activist screams in plot despite the evidence and testimonies on the Mélenchon system. “They invent a lot of things “, annoys Nicole. “You realize, when they humiliated it, he said ‘the Republic, it’s me’. Oh, I was happy when he said that. He’s right, it was to take our files. We understood well “she underlines.
Alain presents himself as an old comrade by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He readily tells that, young people, they were both members of the internationalist communist organization. But as soon as we evoke purges and threats to rebellious France, he immediately annoys: “There is an anti-Mélenchon campaign that has been going on for quite some time, which is absolutely odious, because today Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Insoumise France are the only forces capable of keeping the right and the extreme right in check.”
Jérôme denounces “A press under the orders of billionaires”but it does not go so far as to say that rebellious France is an impeccable party. “Let journalists hit Bardella and hit Mélenchon, as long as the proof, as long as the arguments are there, that suits me. As long as they do their job honestly”explains the rebellious.
-But there is discomfort in some activists, such as Esteban, faced with certain testimonies. For example, that of ex-deputy LFI Danielle Simonnet who describes, SMS in support, the “blowly moral” by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “It’s possible just like that can be uh …, Tente Esteban. I am here today for ideas. All that matters to me is that Mélenchon has always had his political coherence “.
The activist swears that he has never seen pressure on activists or any drifts. “Since I was there, no. On the functioning of the party, I have nothing to complain abouthe says. It happens to us to express between us misunderstandings compared to Jean-Luc Mélenchon “. For example, about the poster representing Cyril Hanouna with anti -Semitic codes, “He should have said it was a mistake”. For Esteban, this criticism proves that “Jean-Luc Mélenchon is not a guru”.
But this activist maintains that the left needs a charismatic figure to win. So, he is ready to close his eyes, to forgive, as when the rebellious leader supported his friend Adrien Quatennens, rebellious deputy from the North, sentenced for domestic violence.
