Since July, a National Assembly commission of inquiry led by Sabrina Sebaihi, rapporteur, and Béatrice Bellamy, president, has been trying to shed light on “the failings within the sports movement”. A platform to collect testimonies from victims of violence in the sporting world, called “Balance ton sport”, was put online on Wednesday September 13 as part of this commission.
Launched at the request of environmentalists, it “aims to support the momentum for freedom of speech”. According to them, the revelations “of sexual and gender-based violence” affected “almost all disciplines”.
“We receive a number of testimonies and messages from people who wish to speak about situations of violence experienced within clubs, licenses and federations. This is a sign that the need to speak, and moreover to be listened to, remains urgent,” argued Green MP Sabrina Sebaihi.
This work “cannot be done without fully listening to the citizens affected by this violence,” added MP Béatrice Bellamy (Horizons, presidential majority), president of the commission and associated with the launch of the platform.
Testimonies from victims of violence, “physical or psychological”, may be submitted on the website balancetonsport.fr. They will be consultable by the thirty deputies who are members of the investigative body, who will make recommendations at the end of their work, which should last a maximum of six months.
