They will be there.
On February 7, for the ceremony honoring the French victims killed by Hamas attacks in Israel, the parliamentarians of La France insoumise will go to Les Invalides.
Guest of the show “BFM Politique” on BFMTV, in partnership with Le Parisien - Today in France, this Sunday February 4, the national coordinator of LFI, Manuel Bompard assured, while last week, five families victims had asked Emmanuel Macron that the presence of the rebels be “prohibited”.
As revealed by Le Parisien, they wrote a letter to the President of the Republic in which they accuse the Insoumis of having distinguished themselves “by extremely serious comments” since October 7 “between indecency, lack of respect, relativism and negationism ".
Since the attacks against Israel, several Insoumis officials and elected officials, starting with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, have refused to qualify Hamas as a "terrorist organization", preferring the use of "war crimes" to qualify the acts of Hamas. Hamas.
“The political controversy can go to the side”
“There were 42 French people who were killed on October 7.
It is normal and important that France pays tribute to them.
It is a national tribute to which all political parties are invited, explained Manuel Bompard.
We understand the pain, the grief, and we share it, of the families of the victims.
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Tribute to the victims of Hamas: “It is in no way our intention to transform a moment of national tribute into a moment of politics,” says Manuel Bompard (@mbompard) pic.twitter.com/Xinm6lBcVL
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon's right-hand man thus wanted to "reassure the families", stressing that it was "in no way [their] intention to transform a moment of national tribute into a political moment".
“I invite everyone to do the same.
When we pay tribute to the dead, I think that the political controversy can go to the side,” he added in the direction of these five families.
Manuel Bompard also contested “certain passages in the letter which appear to [him] to attribute to La France insoumise positions which it has never defended”.
“All LFI representatives and spokespersons condemned the crimes committed by Hamas on October 7,” he defended, refusing “any controversy.”