He didn’t expect such a welcoming committee. This Monday, January 29, the director of Sciences Po Mathias Vicherat resumed his duties after a month and a half of abstinence, while he and his ex-partner accused each other of domestic violence.
For his return to Sciences Po’s Paris campus, several students blocked the entrance to the school, while others led mobilizations on several French campuses to protest his reinstatement.
“Vicherat resignation”
In total, ” two Sciences Po Paris sites are blocked by around fifty students, out of a total of 9,000 students »said the school management atFrench media agency. The blockade was implemented thanks to rubbish bins, barriers, bicycles and pallets stacked by around thirty students present. The campuses of Reims, Nancy, Poitiers and Le Havre were also blocked.
On the walls of the building located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, posters were written “ Vicherat’s resignation » they were glued, as can be seen below.
Trust “undermined, expanded” according to Mathias Vicherat
Mathias Vicherat voluntarily retired on December 11, after the press revealed that he and his ex-partner accused each other of domestic violence. Both were taken into police custody on December 3 before being released the following day.
However, although a preliminary investigation is still ongoing, Sciences Po’s ethics committee found it not possible “conclude a violation of the ethical principles of the Charter”he was able to read Publication in an advisory opinion delivered in mid-January.
For his part, Vicherat sent a message to students, employees and teachers on Monday at noon. He says what size “ with seriousness, that trust could have been undermined, expanded”. “ I also know that this cannot be decreed but is built over time and in every moment through a permanent concern for efficiency, collectivity and humility”, He continued. Invite” all Sciences Po actors and actresses who wish to do so” meet him and want him“Engage with everyone in a decisive and sustainable way in this process of listening and dialogue”.
Many students are calling for his resignation and believe that “ this return is an insult to the victims of sexist and sexual violence, to the staff of Sciences Po and to its student community”as one of them declared anonymously, a France Presse Agency.
If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, or if you simply want to learn more about the topic:
- 3919 and the government website Let’s stop THE violence
- Our practical article My boyfriend hit me: how to react, what to do when you are a victim of violence in your relationship?
- The association Forward and its help chat available on How do we love each other?
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Source: Madmoizelle
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