Requests for authority and tougher sanctions: the death of the bus driver assaulted Sunday in Bayonne provoked strong political reactions on the right. The driver's daughter, Philippe Monguillot, who has been brain dead since the assault, announced Friday the death of his father.
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According to the Bayonne prosecution, the man was the victim of an " extremely violent " assault when he wanted to control the ticket of one person and demanded the wearing of the mask for three others. Four men were charged and imprisoned in this case, two suspected of having carried out the blows and two others for " failure to assist a person in danger ".
Calling the driver's alleged attackers “ scum, ” the president of the national Marine Le Pen rally called on twitter “ to startle and revolt in the face of this savagery ”. " Kill for simply wanting to enforce the rules. This murder must not go unpunished. The sentences must be exemplary and the sentences really carried out ”, reacted on twitter the president of the Hauts-de-France Regional Council Xavier Bertrand (ex-LR).
For Senator Bruno Retailleau (LR), " The death of Philippe Monguillot is a tragedy ": " There will be no effective fight against this savagery without a return of authority and the end of systemic laxity ", a- he estimated on twitter. The deputy LR Eric Ciotti, called for “ heavy sanctions towards (the) murderers ” just like his rival, the mayor LR of Nice, Christian Estrosi, for which “ this barbaric act calls for the most severe sanctions ”.
" Philippe Monguillot is dead, beaten up for asking his passengers to validate a bus ticket ", summed up on twitter MEP LR François-Xavier Bellamy seeing in the victim a " face of France who works hard, who cares about respect for elementary rules, who knows the value of civility - and who silently suffers the impoverishment of society ”. “ When will the state react to these barbarians who kill innocent people? ", Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, president of Debout la France, asked on Twitter, calling for" restoring order ".
