The Communist Party’s mediating body recommended on Tuesday (June 28) the reinstatement of elected Parisian Maxime Koshar after the dismissal of an investigation into the suicide of a student who had accused him of rape and whose testimony sparked the #MeTooGay movement.
«Therefore, there is no criminal prosecution against the defendants. Nothing in our statutes contradicts this restoration. So they should be,” advises the PCF’s National Commission for Mediation and Conflict Resolution, of which AFP is believed to have a copy. On January 21, 2021, 20-year-old Guillaume T. on Twitter accused Maxime Cochard, then elected member of the Paris Council of the PCF, and his companion Victor Laby, also a member of the PCF, of rape.
Found dead, hanging
An elected official disputed the allegations, which then sparked hundreds of other reports of gay sexual assault. Then the Communist Party asked Maxim Cochard and his companion:relinquish all their responsibilities to the Paris PCF“, and Maxim Koshari to do the same to the Council of Paris. On February 9, 2021, Guillaume T. was found dead hanging in his room at the University of Nanterre (Haute-de-Seine), leading to “complaint against X for willful violence resulting in death without intent to kill«. The investigation was closed without further action on May 3, 2022.
But before this classification, “Victor Laby and Maxim Cochard did not implement the withdrawal request, thus creating an atmosphere of division within the party.“and have”have made comments, particularly on social networks, which are impermissible“, the mediation commission regrets. «This period fueled deep conflicts, accompanied by both abusive and violent expressions.The committee still regrets calling on the Paris Federation and the PCF’s group of Paris elected officials to reinstate Victor Laby and Maxime Cochard by the end of July.dialogue process«.
«We will comply with this decision and want to fully respect it.Maxim Cochard, contacted by AFP, responded. The chosen Parisian and his companion say they want.resume (their) course of life“After this”terrible ordeal«. «We must have a mediation“To succeed in this reintegration, in turn responded the elected leader of the Communists of the Paris Council, Nicolas Bonnet-Oulalge, who warns Maxim Cochard about him.”use of social networks«. «The commission’s opinion is only an opinion“Adrien Tiberti, secretary of the Paris Federation, for whom reintegration is the answer.”less obvious“because”there are still many questions about the conduct of the two concerned.»
Source: Le Figaro
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