Éric Ciotti: "The government aims to install a form of self-amnesty"

Éric Ciotti is deputy Les Républicains des Alpes-Maritimes.

LE FIGARO. - What lessons have you learned from the last parliamentary debate?

Eric CIOTTI. - Personally, I did not vote for the extension of the state of emergency. Like the vast majority of LR deputies at first reading (96 against, 7 abstentions), before the joint joint committee. Giving quasi-full powers until July 10 to a government that has demonstrated its immense limits seemed inconceivable to me. On the contrary, we must urgently return to normal democratic functioning.

The majority ended up abandoning their amendment on the responsibility of elected officials. How do you explain this withdrawal?

I am convinced that one of the main objectives of the government is to establish a form of self-amnesty. Taking advantage of the legitimate concern of senators to better guarantee the legal security of mayors and business leaders, the government wanted unworthily to extend this device. A compromise was found but as

This article is for subscribers only. You still have 78% to discover.

Subscribe: € 1 the first month

cancellable at any time

Already subscribed? Log in