The Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, denounced on Sunday evening an
"attack"
against the deputy Stéphane Claireaux (LREM) which occurred in front of the latter's home in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, where the elected official received according to her numerous projectiles to the face followed by stone throws.
On Twitter, the minister posted a video of the attack, calling the footage
"deeply shocking"
:
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The Minister of Overseas, Sébastien Lecornu, for his part announced Sunday evening on Twitter that the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin and himself had
"instructed the prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to ensure protection of the deputy ”
.
In its press release, the Ministry of the Sea described the aggression as follows:
“On the sidelines of a citizen demonstration against the health pass, several dozen demonstrators went to the home of deputy Stéphane Claireaux. In a spirit of dialogue, he went to his steps where he received many projectiles violently thrown in the face followed by throwing stones ”
.
"By directly attacking an elected representative of the Republic, at his home and in front of his own family, these demonstrators crossed the red line
," commented Annick Girardin, quoted in the press release.
"I give my full support to Stéphane Claireaux, my deputy, who is attacked at his home because he defends the health pass in a territory where 90% of the inhabitants are vaccinated
," she assured.
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In a tweet, Sébastien Lecornu for his part declared his
"total support for the deputy"
, whom he described as "
an elected representative of the Republic lynched in front of his family home"
.
"No debate can justify this outburst
," he wrote.
The President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, declared to have called Stéphane Claireaux:
"I assured him of my personal support and of the solidarity of the National Assembly in the face of the intolerable aggression he suffered at his home while he was offering the dialogue
, ”he wrote on his Twitter account.
Attacks and death threats have increased in recent weeks, mainly against members of the majority who approved this week, at first reading, the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass.
Several of them published on social networks the death threats they received and announced their intention to file a complaint.
