A letter and sobs in his voice. The Renaissance deputy Virginie Lanlo, who intervened this Tuesday during the session of questions to the Government in the National Assembly to read the letter she sent to her former stalker, returned to BFMTV about the ordeal she experienced during her adolescence.
“There were humiliations, harassment, touching, inappropriate gestures for three, four years. And at that time, the only way out we had was to return home,” explained the elected representative on our antenna this Wednesday.
“For at least ten or fifteen years I thought about it every day”
This parliamentarian, who entered the National Assembly after the arrival of Prisca Thévenot to the government, left her mark on the mind of the Bourbon Palace.
In front of her fellow deputies, the elected representative of Altos del Sena wanted to “read the message that a young woman turned into a woman recently sent to her former partner,” before revealing that it is her own case.
“His actions ruined my life as a child and as an adolescent. I was able to rebuild myself and build a wonderful family. But I will never forget these hours of suffering and anguish,” she said in the chamber.
“For at least ten or fifteen years, I thought about it every day. It took me about fifteen years to get over it if I thought about it,” Virginie Lanlo explained on BFMTV.
A message sent on Facebook
In recent years, the until now first assistant in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine) has dedicated her mandate to educational issues, studying “case by case” all situations of bullying that were reported to her.
It was an invitation on Facebook from her former stalker, seven years ago, that pushed Virginie Lanlo to write to him.
“When she contacted me to be a friend, then (the harassment) came back to me and that’s when I wrote this message to her. She didn’t respond but I know she read it.
Attal promises “to stop at nothing”
The Minister of National Education, who upon taking office made bullying his “absolute priority”, responded to Virginie Lanlo on camera by citing the names of a dozen children who had committed suicide after bullying or cyberbullying, including the young Lindsay who committed suicide in May in Pas de Calais.
“I will stop at nothing,” said Gabriel Attal, who will be present this Wednesday afternoon with Élisabeth Borne at the presentation of the interministerial plan to combat bullying.
Two toll-free numbers dedicated to harassment
If a student is a victim of bullying, they or their loved ones can contact 3020, the national reference number. The person or loved ones can contact this listening and support number for free from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
In case of cyberbullying, you can dial 3018. This number can be called every day from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Source: BFM TV
