"
I have the right to be afraid
", declared Friday Jean-Luc Mélenchon during the trial of the ultra-right group OAS (Organization of social armies), where six men are judged for plans of attacks and whose founder had mentioned, among the potential targets, the leader of rebellious France.
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At the helm, Jean-Luc Mélenchon criticized "
the authorities
" who "did
not warn
" him, according to him, of a threat.
"
I do not know to what extent I was personally threatened, I just know that I discovered this affair in the press
", after the dismantling of the cell in October 2017. "
My first reason for anguish is: why do not m did we say nothing?
"
Mélenchon "no longer travels without security"
"
In my life as an activist, there is a before and an after this affair,
" explains Mélenchon, who "
no longer travels without security
" and asked to become a civil party in this case.
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But for defense lawyers, as for the prosecution, his request must be rejected. According to the prosecutor, unlike other targets envisaged, "
the violent action project targeting Mr. Mélenchon is based on statements
", and not on "
logistical and technical elements
".
In 2017, Logan Nisin had declared in police custody to have considered attacking Mélenchon during a meeting in Marseille. Since then, he says he has fabulated. The investigations "did
not show a start of execution
" of this project, also noted the president of the chamber. “
Would you still like to become a civil party?
»He asks Mélenchon. "
I believe that it has an interest, if only to challenge the authorities
", answers the leader of the Insoumis.
"
You are there to settle a score with the authorities
", then scolds Gabriel Dumenil, a defense lawyer, accusing Jean-Luc Mélenchon of wanting to make
a
political "
speech
".
Shortly before the hearing, the presidential candidate, who debated Thursday with polemicist Eric Zemmour, had established "
a link between yesterday evening and today
".
Up to ten years' imprisonment
"
When Zemmour says that
"
young migrants are all rapists
"
(...), well he sows a seed which ends up germinating, with young people who believe him and who go to the end of this delirium
", a- he declared to the press. “
I would like him to realize,
” he said, referring to Logan Nisan: “
It's about me we're talking about, a living person
” and not “
an abstraction
”. “
I'm hot, I'm cold, I have a family, I'm like him
”. “
And as a man, I forgive him
,” he added.
The six defendants, aged 23 to 33, face up to ten years imprisonment for "
terrorist association
".
They are accused of having planned attacks to "
fight against immigration and Islamism
" in the words of their alleged leader.
Four years later, all assure "
regret
" that they would "
never have taken action
."
This is the second time that Mélenchon wishes to become a civil party.
First accepted, his request was rejected on appeal.
The court will decide at the end of the trial.
