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French prime minister to testify the child abuse scandal

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou (Ani)

Paris: French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is opposed to one of the delicate moments of his five months in office on Wednesday when he answered questions of a parliamentary committee, which examines claims for sexual abuse at a Catholic school.Bayrou was suspended before the opposition, as Minister of Education in the mid-nineties in the mid-nineties, and had known about widespread physical and sexual abuse for many decades as Minister of Education in the Notre-Dame de Betharram School in southwestern France.The 73-year-old politician, who acted as Minister of Education between 1993 and 1997, denied any incorrect presentation and impressed what he describes as “destruction” against him. On Saturday he said that his appearance in front of the committee would give him the opportunity to prove that all of this was wrong. “Center Bayrou, the sixth prime minister of President Emmanuel Macron's mandate, was appointed by the government manager last December. He has received the discouraging task to get France out of a political crisis.So far, Bayrou has managed to survive a non-confidence in a shared parliament, but the Betharam affair has damaged its credibility and its approval rate has decreased steadily in the past few weeks.According to a survey published on Friday, Bayrous Popularity -rating went back under that of Macron for the first time, with only 27 percent of the French approved his work.Political analysts said that Bayrou could continue to be under pressure depending on its performance during the hearing, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. (1,500 GMT).“The school scandal in Betharram may not be sufficient to put down Bayrou, but encourage its parliamentary enemies and supposed friends to draw the government for other reasons,” said the Eurasia group.“There are reasons for dissatisfaction in abundance,” added political risk advice on the budget crisis in France.“If he lies, he's dead” The two Mit-Reportleurs of the Commission, Paul Vannier and violet Spillbout, will know about what he knew about alleged violence, sexual assault and rape, knew at school near the southwestern city of Pau, in which Bayrou was committed since 2014. Some of his children visited the Catholic school, and his wife taught religious studies there.Bayrous statements have been refuted by a number of people, including his own daughter.In April, Bayrous accused the clergyman who led the school of systemic abuse, even when her father was a local official and said a priest beat her in the summer camp at the age of 14.Helen Perlant, who is now 53 years old and uses her mother's name, said that her father knew nothing about the incident.Only a few in Bayrous's team believe that he is put down over the scandal. But “if he lies in front of the parliament, he is politically dead,” said a high -ranking supporter of Macron and asked not to be named.Bayrou survived several non-confidence movements due to the support of the socialists. But a socialist legislator who asked not to be named does not believe that Bayrou is “politically finished”. Greens have accused him of the “mone” and called for his resignation.A Bayrou employee emphasized that the prime minister is not the subject of the investigation. The investigation focuses on “the methods used by the state to monitor and prevent violence in schools”.After hearing witnesses, the two rapporteurs plan the conclusions at the end of June. In total, 200 legal complaints have been submitted since February last year, in which priests and employees were accused of physical or sexual abuse from 1957 to 2004.On Monday, the father of one of the victims Bayrou, “lied” too “lied” because the affair “disabled his political climb”.Some of the boarders said she had drawn experience for life and told how some priests visited boys at night.“The state failed and did not protect the children of Betharram,” said Alain Esquerre, who is a collective of the school -survivors.

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