The leader of the Insubmitted Jean-Luc Mélenchon said Friday " disgusted " facing the number of masks advertised for sale by the large distribution which claims it has not built up " stocks ". " I am disgusted when I discover that there is a trade in masks and that some could get supplies, " he said on France 2. " So I was right to request the requisition of the whole industry. textiles so that everyone has free access to a mask, ”he said.
The Orders of the health professions were offended in a scathing text of the " staggering " number of masks announced for sale by the large distribution which claimed to have no " hidden stocks " and that orders were only going to be delivered " very gradually . " " There were no stocks of hidden masks in France, " also assured Friday evening Health Director Jérôme Salomon, when asked about the subject.
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The large distribution, which will be able to sell masks from May 4, “is investing in the distribution of masks for the general public (...) They also ordered sanitary masks as it is authorized, taking into account the strict rules of the requisition which actually apply. These are small volumes, ”he added.
Gironde Senator Nathalie Delattre, she asked for the creation of a commission of inquiry on the subject, in a letter to the President of the Senate Gérard Larcher and sent to AFP. "One of two things: one is that the mass distribution has a striking power infinitely greater than that of the State and has managed to obtain as many masks in such a short time, and in this case the commission will have to do all the light on the shortcomings of the national decision-making chain. Either large distribution makes fun of the health of the French people, and will have to answer this question: how many lives could have been saved if these stocks had been distributed rather than being stored while waiting to be sold! She wrote.