The deputy of France Insoumise Danièle Obono confirmed Wednesday, September 2 to our colleagues from BFMTV that she was going to file a complaint against the weekly
Valeurs Actuelles
, which represented the elected as a slave in a "
summer novel
" published last Thursday.
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"
After thinking about it, with my comrades and my lawyers, I decided to file a complaint, because it is not just me, my person, my story (...) who have been attacked, insulted
", he said. esteemed the elected of Seine-Saint-Denis.
According to Danièle Obono, it is “
the millions of citizens
” that she “
represents, as Member of the Nation, who have been attacked and insulted
” by the text published in
Valeurs Actuelles
.
Open investigation
As of Friday, she had denounced on Twitter a "
racist shit in a cloth
", accusing "
the extreme right, odious, stupid and cruel.
In short, equal to itself
”.
The magazine had defended itself from any racism: "
this is a fiction depicting the horrors of slavery organized by Africans in the 18th century
", "
terrible truth that indigenous people do not want to see
", had he writes on Twitter.
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The controversy also prompted Prime Minister Jean Castex to deplore a "
shocking publication (which) calls for an unambiguous condemnation
".
“
We are free to write a nauseating novel, within the limits set by law.
We are also free to hate him.
I hate him and am (alongside)
the parliamentarian, for his part wrote the Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti.
A preliminary investigation was opened by the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office for “
racist insults
”, and entrusted to the Brigade for the repression of delinquency against the person (BRDP).