The hostile reaction of the Palais-Bourbon was expected.
For his first speech in the Assembly since his conviction in December for having slapped his wife, the former coordinator of rebellious France Adrien Quatennens was heckled on Tuesday evening.
Under the boos and some applause of encouragement, the deputy from the North tried to speak to defend an amendment relating to the pension reform project, before having to give up.
"For two days we had points of order, deputies walked out of this hemicycle because they did not win the draw and when one of their colleagues who was convicted of hitting his wife takes the floor on an amendment, you remain stoic, worse you applaud it!
“Launched the deputy of the majority Pierre Cazeneuve, to the benches of the Nupes.
Adrien Quatennens tries (in vain) to speak, some applause from his colleagues and above all hubbub in the Assembly, points of order by the majority then suspension of the meeting.
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— Nicolas Berrod (@nicolasberrod) February 7, 2023
Since the debates could no longer resume, the session was finally suspended.
A few minutes later, the MP who was expelled from his political group for four months, was able to take the floor to defend the special regimes.
"Putting an end to special regimes under the pretext of fairness and justice, is only a diversion to forget the essential, which is that this reform will make 100% of losers", he declared in particular under some applause.
“Non-registered deputy”
His speech was particularly expected since his name had appeared in the list of deputies wishing to defend an amendment.
The former number two of LFI was sentenced last December to a four-month suspended prison sentence for "violence without incapacity committed by a spouse" between October and December 2021, as well as for the "regular and malicious sending of messages" to his wife, on the background of a difficult divorce.
The elected official had been expelled for four months from the group of deputies of his party.
But during an interview given to BFMTV, he announced his intention to resume his work as a deputy "probably as early as January".
He reappeared in the hemicycle on January 11, sitting as a "non-registered deputy".
