The parliamentary group La Francia Insumisa (LFI) announced on Tuesday, October 8, that it had excluded the Isère deputy Hugo Prevost for acts of a sexual nature.
The group explains, in a statement, that it was contacted at the end of September 2024 by the Monitoring Committee against Sexist and Sexist Violence (CVSS) of LFI. “about serious acts of a sexual nature that may constitute previous criminal offenses” in the election of the deputy. This 25-year-old former union student was first elected in July 2024 against former Macronist minister Olivier Véran.
After the hearing of the deputy and before the elements of the CVSS, the parliamentary group met this Tuesday “the exclusion of the deputy was pronounced”, “in accordance with the principles of the signed letter” by the legislative candidates, committing to “defend feminist values and combat sexist and sexual violence”.
He emphasizes that this decision can never “replace” to a judicial decision and “reiterates its unwavering commitment to the fight against sexual and gender violence”.
LFI already shaken by the Quatennens affair
Rebellious France was shaken at the end of 2022 by the matter of deputy Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence, who joined the seats of the National Assembly just a month after his conviction. The LFI group had temporarily excluded him for four months, but several members of the movement denounced his return.
The Student Union, co-founded by Hugo Prévost, reports for its part in a long press release that has collected “testimonies” inform “acts of moral and sexual harassment, patterns of predation, serious criminally reprehensible acts of a sexual nature”.
These facts “It covers a period from 2020 to 2024 and would have continued after the departure of Hugo Prevost from the national team (…) in March”adds the student organization that denounces “a desire for sexual and political control of women”. The organization adds that “most of the facts (…) some had known about them for several months or even several years”. she asks that “Justice be done” and urges the deputy to “resign from his mandate”.
