The method shocked beyond the divisions.
Monday evening, Marine Le Pen shared voice messages received by some deputies from her group, informing them of the alleged hospitalization of one of their relatives.
The goal: to keep the elected officials concerned away from the benches of the National Assembly, when their presence was necessary to examine the referendum motion tabled by the National Rally.
A process that shocked several of their fellow deputies, who publicly condemned it.
Starting with the Macronist president of the Palais Bourbon, Yaël Braun-Pivet.
“
The National Assembly will be at the side of each parliamentarian who will be intimidated, whatever their political side
”, declared the elected representative of Yvelines, from the corridors of the Lower House.
“
It is really the national representation which can be in danger by these very serious acts
”, she added, referring to an act “
serious
”, “
shameful
” and “
unworthy
”.
“
This is why I think that, collectively, we must not let these actions pass.
»
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At the microphone of LCI a few hours earlier, the boss of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, had also “
condemned those who may have made these gestures
”.
"
We don't play with this type of
'
fake
'
which is extremely distressing for those who receive them
," he said.
While refuting the idea that it could come from the ranks of the Nupes, as some had been able to suggest.
"
I don't know who it's from.
In any case, I can tell you that none of us would have had the idea of seeking to remove the deputies of the RN by such odious means
, ”he certified.
Le Pen calls for “great severity”
For the LR mayor of Meaux, Jean-François Copé, this proves that democracy "
is sick
".
"
Because we completely lose the sense of reality, because we have more historical memory, because we no longer know what tragedy is, because we think that our democracies are eternal
".
If the facts are "
proven
", they are in his eyes "
scandalous
", just
as "the threats of certain union representatives against the persons of elected officials are scandalous ".
".
Upstream of the public discussions on the pension reform, a branch of the CGT had indeed threatened to cut off the current of the parliamentarians supporting the text.
In recent weeks, several cuts have been observed in certain departments.
For her part, Marine Le Pen confirmed to seize the prosecutor to file a complaint.
"
It's a very well mounted operation
," she lamented, calling for "
great severity to punish
" the individual (s) at the origin of the facts.
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