Jean-Luc Mélenchon is “A violent man”declares Charlotte Belaïch, journalist at Libérationguest on France Inter Tuesday May 6, with Olivier Pérou, journalist at Monde. They co -wrote La Meute, investigation into the rebellious France of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (Flammarion) to be published on Wednesday May 7.
After two years of investigation and more than 200 people interviewed, many of whom have been discovered, the book notably reveals messages sent by Jean-Luc Mélenchon to certain members of the Party or his left allies. “Like this message sent to Marine Tondelier who said he regretted the intestine quarrels of the left: ‘I’m going to put the dose that you deserve’”assure Charlotte Belaïch. “It is violence that diffuses throughout the movement”especially in Telegram loops on which, for two years, “Those who ended up being purged were tracked down and harassed”adds the journalist.
The investigation describes the many purges there has been within rebellious France. Those known to the general public, such as the couple Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, Clémentine Autain, François Ruffin, Danielle Simonnet, but the party has “A dozen others, quieter but no less violent”explain the journalists. “The party is strengthened by exhausting, it is a formula that is pronounced in the far left”specifies Charlotte Belaïch.
-“The challenge during these two years was to convince sources of speaking, which are not lieutenants”continues the journalist. Lieutenants of LFI today are “Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s rehearsals”word used by many witnesses. Sophia Chikirou, MP LFI, has refused to respond to journalists. “For the first time, we decide to mention that they share their lives for the simple reason that this political couple and their private life have an influence on the organization and the procedure to follow” Within the party, says Olivier Pérou.
Several types of drift are also highlighted in the work, including the case of deputy LFI Adrien Quatennens, who recognized himself having slapped his wife and was sentenced to four months in prison suspended in a “plea-guilty” procedure. “There is a total dichotomy between what the party defends on sexual and sexist violence and what Mélenchon says”says Olivier Pérou.
The question of anti -Semitism is also asked. “We can see that today Jean-Luc Mélenchon minimizes anti-Semitism”advance Charlotte Belaïch. “He says anti -Semitism is residual” and that “The accusation of anti -Semitism has become meaningless “she continues. But there is still, according to her, a “awareness” : “We learned, after the writing of the book, that the rebellious had had a training on the questions of anti -Semitism which they do not want to speak.” And add: “Because to rebellious France, there is no mistake.”
