During the transfer of power to the Ministry of Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities of France, Damien Abad, who leaves the government, denounced “despicable slanders” and thanked “warmly” the President of the Republic.
Already head to counter-offensive. Replaced in the government of Elisabeth Borne, the ephemeral Minister of Solidarity Damien Abad did not mince his words during the traditional transfer of power. “I leave this ministry (…) with many regrets. With my team (…) we were already at work with responsibility (…) to serve this noble cause”, he first explained. “I will not have been given time,” regretted Damien Abad. “Until the end, I will have assumed this role of minister with six trips in two weeks”. After having presented his wishes of success to Jean-Christophe Combe and Geneviève Darrieussecq who will share his portfolio, the former LR announced that he was going to continue “his action in (his) constituency and in the National Assembly”, because “the broad confidence of the voters of the National Assembly (l) honors and (l) engages”.
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“I would like to warmly thank the President of the Republic for the trust,” he added, not mentioning the name of the current Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. He then denounced “the despicable calumnies (…) orchestrated in a well-chosen calendar”. Accused of rape and sexual assault, Damien Abad then explained that he would “fight” in the name of the presumption of innocence. “Slander is a political weapon in the hands of the malicious,” he said, castigating that “practices” are relayed. He concluded by quoting Montesquieu: “An injustice done to one is a threat to all”.