The deputy of La France insoumise Adrien Quatennens assured on Wednesday that he
“regretted”
having placed himself as a victim just after his conviction for domestic violence in December 2022, estimating during this first media intervention in the form of a mea culpa that
“everyone can improve"
.
“What I regret is having one day raised my hand, yes,”
declared on France 2 the MP sentenced to four months in prison by the Lille Criminal Court in a guilty plea procedure. .
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“What I also regret is having misunderstood at the time that certain words in my defense were poorly chosen. Today, I would not say them again
,” he added.
In a long television interview, the man Jean-Luc Mélenchon considers his heir denounced the day after his conviction a “media lynching”, also criticizing his ex-wife and her
“threats”
.
“I paid more than enough on all counts.
I will not give in
,” he also argued to justify his retaining his seat as a deputy.
“Undo certain sexist mechanisms”
“What I don't regret, however, is having been honest
,” he added on France 2, recalling having followed
“an awareness course on domestic violence”
at the request of his party.
“I learned, I worked, I understood,”
he explained, drawing the conclusion that
“we must undo certain mechanisms that are internalized in us, particularly sexist mechanisms
. ”
“But the conclusion I draw is also that everyone can improve
,” he added.
Adrien Quatennens joined the benches of the National Assembly barely a month after his conviction.
Excluded from his group for four months, his return to it had been publicly denounced by several members of the movement.
Active on social networks, he had until then adhered to a strict media diet.