The head of the socialist list in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. – Tristan Reynaud / SIPA
Comments deemed “unacceptable” towards the police. The campaign team of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, head of the socialist list for the regional elections in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, has decided to “suspend without delay” Nathan Abou, one of the candidates in Isère after learning of a comment posted on Facebook in 2019. And whose exact content has not been revealed.
“We denounce with the greatest firmness and without any ambiguity statements that go against the republican values that we defend,” said Thursday Jean-François Debat, Olivier Bianchi, campaign directors.
“Solidarity with the representatives of the police who are victims of violence”
“Najat Vallaud-Belkacem and all of his running mates cannot endorse remarks which they knew nothing about until now”, they add, recalling that the candidates have an “absolute duty to set an example” in their “private and public, as well as their indispensable solidarity with the representatives of the police who are victims of violence ”.
The socialist lists have already been submitted to the prefecture but Nathan Abou was not in an eligible position.