In a press release published this Tuesday, October 8 evening on social networks, the LFI-NFP (New Popular Front) parliamentary group indicates that it had been contacted two weeks earlier, on September 23, by the Vigilance Committee against sexist and sexual violence. (CVSS) from La France Insoumise “concerning serious acts of a sexual nature which may constitute criminal offences, prior to his election, accused of MP Hugo Prevost”. The latter, elected deputy for the first constituency of Isère last July, was interviewed on October 2 by a delegation mandated by the office of the parliamentary group. This Tuesday, October 8, the LFI-NFP group declared the exclusion of the Isère MP.
The Student Union also publishes a press release
“The decisions of the parliamentary group in matters of sexist and sexual violence are a matter of precaution and the protection of people and are not legal decisions, which it can never replace”further specifies the text. For its part, the Student Union, a union of which Hugo Prevost is one of the founders, mentions in a press release published on social networks also this Tuesday evening “a report including several testimonies made to the CVSS of France Insoumise”. “
The testimonies that we have gathered reveal acts of moral and sexual harassment, patterns of predation, serious criminally reprehensible acts of a sexual nature. writes the union which evokes the period 2020-2024. “The Student Union wants justice to be done” and demands the resignation of the deputy. “Justice may be taken if the people concerned decide.” underlines for its part the LFI-NFP parliamentary group.
First reactions
The late announcement of the exclusion this Tuesday evening sparked reactions. On the website of our colleagues at Dauphiné LibéréEmmanuel Macron’s former minister Olivier Véran, whom Hugo Prevost defeated in the last legislative elections in the 1st constituency of Isère, urges the parliamentary group to refer the matter to the public prosecutor. Contacted by France Bleu Isère in the evening, LFI MP for the 9th constituency Sandrine Nosbé confided: “this is news that shook me”. The elected official explains that she was only informed on Tuesday and refers to the press release issued by her group. “We are making progress and it’s important,” reacted for her part the environmentalist deputy of Paris Sandrine Rousseau on her account X (formerly Twitter).
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