The procedure for dissolving "
Nantes révoltée
" announced at the end of January by Gérald Darmanin has to date "
not been initiated
", said the lawyer for the far left collective on Wednesday.
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“
To date,
“
Nantes révoltée
”
remains without news from the government on any grievances that may be alleged against it.
(…) What is certain is that the dissolution procedure has not yet been initiated
, ”assured AFP Me Aïnoha Pascual.
The Minister of the Interior had announced at the end of January to the National Assembly that he had decided "
to initiate the adversarial process which would allow the dissolution of this de facto group
".
The launch of a dissolution procedure presupposes the sending by the government of a letter of grievance to the association concerned.
The latter then has fifteen days to present its arguments to the government.
"
It doesn't take two months to make a list of grievances when you really have grievances
,” said the lawyer.
Asked by AFP, the Ministry of the Interior did not wish to speak.
"
Nantes revolted
", which presents itself as an "
autonomous and committed media
" and challenges the qualifications of "
group
", "
small group
", or "
de facto group
", is regularly singled out by the authorities for violence during demonstrations .
The dissolution procedure had been mentioned by the Minister of the Interior following incidents that occurred in Nantes on the sidelines of an "
antifa
" demonstration.
"
We assume that when Gérald Darmanin made this announcement, he was responding to a request from elected LR and LREM, but in reality he moved too quickly because he was not aware of what is “Nantes revolted”
.
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"
"
He thought he could use the procedure for dissolving groups and associations without knowing that he was actually referring to a media
," continued Me Pascual.
In addition to a website and a Facebook page which has more than 220,000 subscribers, “
Nantes révoltée
” has been publishing the paper magazine “
Contre-attack
” since January.
A petition launched against its dissolution had collected more than 40,000 signatures.
