French PM to testify to child abuse scandal

Paris: French Prime Minister Francois Bayoro on Wednesday faced one of the most delicate moments in his five -month office as he answers questions from a parliamentary committee that is examining claims of sexual abuse at a Catholic school.Bairo has faced allegations from the opposition that he was aware of widespread physical and sexual abuse at South-Western France’s Notre-Dem de Betharam School in several decades in the mid-1990s.The 73 -year -old politician, who served as the French Education Minister between 1993 and 1997, denied any wrongdoing and condemned what the campaign of “destruction” against him. Speaking on Saturday, he said that his presence before the committee would “give him an opportunity to prove that all this was wrong”.The sixth Prime Minister of President Emmanuel Macron’s mandate was nominated as the head of the government last December. He has been given a difficult task of evacuating France for months of political crisis.So far, Beru has managed to avoid an no -confidence vote in a divided Parliament, but Betharam’s affair has damaged his credibility and his approval rating has steadily declined in recent weeks.According to a survey published on Friday, for the first time last week Macron’s popularity fell below ratings Macron, with only 27 percent of French people approved her work.Political analysts have said that Beru can face further pressure on the basis of their performance during the hearing, which is scheduled to begin at 5:00 pm (1500 GMT) on Wednesday.The Eurasia group said, “Betharam school scam may not be enough in itself to bring down Bayoro, but to pull the plug on the government for its parliamentary enemies, and believed friends for other reasons,”.Pointing to France’s budgetary crisis, political risk consultation stated, “Due to dissatisfaction,” pointing to France’s budgetary crisis.‘If he lies, he is dead’ The commission will question two co-rapporters, Paul Vanier and Violet Spillbout, Beru, what he knew about alleged violence, sexual harassment and rape in the school near South-Western city of Pau, where Bayu has been a mayor since 2014. Many of his children attended the Catholic school, and his wife taught religious studies there.Bayu’s statements have been contradictory by many people, including his own daughter.In April, Bairau’s eldest daughter accused the pastor running school in the pastor of the pastor, while her father was a local officer, a priest defeated her during the summer camp when she was 14 years old.Helen Parant, now 53 years old and uses her mother’s name, said her father did not know about the incident.Some in Bairu’s team believe that it will be brought down in the scam. But “If he lies in front of Parliament, he is politically dead, a senior Macron’s supporter said, asked not to be a name.”Bayrou has partially survived many mistrust speed due to the support of socialists. But a socialist MP, who did not name, believes that Beyor is “politically finished”. Greens has accused him of “Pergari” and has called for his resignation.A Bayor Associate stressed that the Prime Minister is not a matter of investigation. The inquiry focuses on “methods used by the state to monitor and prevent violence in schools”.After listening to witnesses, victims and former ministers, two rapperpors planned to conclude in late June. Overall, 200 legal complaints have been filed since February last year, in which priests and employees were accused of physical or sexual abuse Betharam from 1957 to 2004.On Monday, the father of one of the victims accused Bayor of “lying” because the affair was hindering his political rise “.Some of the boarders said that Anubhav had scared him for life, stating how some priests visited the boys at night.“The state has failed and did not protect Betharam’s children,” Ellen Escrere said, who represents a group of people left from school.