An investigation was opened after a fight in Niort (Deux-Sèvres) following which the deputy of Val-d'Oise Aurélien Taché (ex-LREM) is accused of having insulted the police, we learned Wednesday, February 9 with the Niort prosecutor's office and the Alliance union.
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"
An investigation is underway
," the Niort prosecutor's office told an AFP correspondent on Wednesday, without giving further details.
For its part, the Alliance union, which denounces "
a new slippage of an elected representative of the Republic
", indicated in a press release that a complaint had been filed by the Departmental Directorate of Public Security (DDSP) of Deux-Sèvres .
Contacted, the DDSP referred to the prosecution.
"shitty mouthful"
According to the weekly Le Point, Aurélien Taché was attacked in a bar in Niort – his hometown – on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, then allegedly insulted the agents of the Anti-Crime Brigade called to intervene.
“
You are shitty baggers
,” the deputy would have said in particular, according to police officers quoted by Le Point.
The SGP police unit union in Niort will “
at least ask for a public apology if the facts are proven
”, indicated its representative Pascal Valès to an AFP correspondent.
Contacted by AFP, the deputy did not want to speak.
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According to his lawyer, Me Jade Dousselin, Aurélien Taché "
was the victim of an assault
", receiving "
many blows, particularly to the head and face
", which earned him two days of temporary incapacity for work (ITT).
"
These words, the violence of which he can only regret, were spoken (...) while he was in a state of stupefaction linked to the physical and psychological shock he had just suffered
", he said. she explained to AFP.
Elected MP for Val-d'Oise in June 2017 under the label La République en Marche, Aurélien Taché resigned from Emmanuel Macron's party three years later, before founding the "
New Democrats
" party with other former walkers.
