LFI deputies tabled a bill on Tuesday (April 28th) to obtain free protective masks during the coronavirus epidemic, to guarantee access to them, including for the poorest.
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The cost of the masks would be borne by the State, according to the proposal sent to the press, the day of the presentation of the deconfinement plan by the government. LFI elected officials have planned to vote against.
“ It is essential to generalize the wearing of the mask in the population and make it compulsory in public places. To do this, they must be accessible, therefore available, but also free ”, argues the group of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in a press release.
" Even if the unit cost of the mask may seem modest, it will not be within the reach of the poorest people already severely affected by the social crisis, " insist the parliamentarians.
" The government is irresponsible not even to consider controlling the prices of these materials. As with hydroalcoholic gel at the start of the epidemic in France, without price control measures and with high demand, prices can only go up , ”they explain in the explanatory memorandum to their bill.
Socialist deputies also fixed the free masks as one of their " red lines " for deconfinement.
