“What I regret is having one day raised my hand, yes.”
Adrien Quatennens returned this Wednesday morning on France 2 on his conviction for domestic violence in December 2022. The deputy for La France insoumise also assures that he “regrets” having placed himself as a victim just after being sentenced to four months in prison. by the Lille criminal court in a guilty plea procedure, estimating during this first media intervention in the form of a mea culpa that “everyone can improve”.
“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 as a “media lynching”, also criticizing his ex-wife and her “threats”.
🔴🗣️ "A slap is not acceptable. I regret having misunderstood that certain words in my defense were poorly chosen. Today, I will not say them again"
Adrien Quatennens makes his media return and his mea culpa.
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“I paid more than enough on all counts.
I will not give in,” he also argued to justify keeping his seat as a deputy.
“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 from it 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.