The verbal abuse continues in the Hemicycle.
After a first week marked by great tension, while the examination of the pension reform took place, a new projection led to the indignation of parliamentarians.
While the deputies were debating the senior index provided for in the government's text, strongly criticized by the left-wing opposition which considers it insufficient, the Insoumis Aurélien Saintoul took the floor, directly attacking the Minister of Labour, Olivier Dussopt.
“
We do not expect much from your sincerity and your frankness
”, initially dropped the deputy of Nupes.
“
Since you wanted to talk about the deaths of work, I give you the figures because you lied once again, and as you are a minister because of your felony, that does not surprise me.
»
Suspension of sitting
Under the protests of elected officials from the presidential camp and while the Minister of Labor shakes his head, Aurélien Saintoul continues:
"In
2017, there were 550
deaths in work accidents in this country."
The tension is rising, the President of the National Assembly, Sébastien Chenu (RN), is trying to calm things down.
"
Dear colleague...
" In vain.
“In 2018,
insists Aurélien Saintoul,
there were 562, in
2019, there were
733.
Between
2017 and 2019, it is 33% of work accidents causing death.
So you can't come here and tell me that the abolition of the CHSCTs [comites d'hygiene, de sécurité et des conditions du travail] had no effect"
, pinged the MP.
“
You are responsible for these political choices, you are an impostor and an assassin!
»
After a two-minute session suspension, Aurore Bergé spoke:
“It is unacceptable that we continue in this verbal escalation.
We can in no way treat Minister
Olivier Dussopt as an “assassin” within the confines of this hemicycle.
The president of the Renaissance group “
hopes
” that “
each group president will be able to position himself to say that he dissociates himself from the comments made
” while demanding “
clear and sincere apologies
” from Aurélien Saintoul.
"
I believe that the Assembly in its quasi-unanimity has just given the Minister human support which must set limits to what is acceptable and unacceptable
", she specified before concluding: "
We are not asking for an immediate convocation of the office of the National Assembly, because we do not want to block the debates.
»
The different Nupes groups, except LFI, dissociate themselves
In turn, the various Nupes groups, apart from LFI, dissociated themselves from the comments made.
“
I want to say how shocked we are by the remarks that were made
”, launches, serious, the president of the communist group, André Chassaigne, while all the deputies, except the Insoumis, stand up.
“
I feel hurt, even humiliated, I say.
To say such things is unacceptable.
(...) The democratic debate is an exchange of ideas not an exchange of insults.
»
To the socialist Boris Vallaud to continue: “
What we want here is to talk about pension reform.
It is necessary here to defend with conviction and passion but never with words that can hurt or offend.
Then, to ecologist Cyrielle Chatelain: “
Words have meaning and cannot be used lightly.
Here none of us is an assassin.
»
Marine Le Pen, after having given her "
support
" to Olivier Dussopt, estimated that "
the vast majority
" of the Hemicycle "
felt exactly the same thing: in politics, we have no enemies , we have adversaries
.
Olivier Marleix finally considers that "
nothing justifies the insult
" while considering the protrusion of the rebellious deputy as an "
incitement to hatred and violence
".
The president of the LR group has also requested a sanction.
"I made a mistake"
Aurélien Saintoul believes he had "
words that emotion made me choose badly and which are inappropriate
".
“
I wish to withdraw them and issue a public apology to the minister.
“And to conclude:”
I am not one of those who shy away from controversy.
Nor am I one of those who choose bad faith.
I made a mistake, I ask to be excused.
»
Minister Olivier Dussopt then deplored
“physical”
and
“verbal violence”
which
“has no place in political life”
.
“Words can be lively, I prefer a thousand times the most arduous substantive debates to any other outburst or excess.
(...) Sir, I hear your apologies, they have the merit of being presented and they allow the debate to continue.
And to conclude:
“Treat murderer cannot be forgiven”
.
The President of the National Assembly issued a call to order with entry in the minutes.
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