Quatennens affair, a first flaw in domination of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in LFI

Insoumise frameworks have distanced themselves from the support message published by its chief. Some see it as the beginning of something, the end of his undisputed pre -eminence within the movement he created.

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This is a rocking point. For the first time in the history – recent – of the movement he created, Jean -Luc Mélenchon is not followed by all the “rebellious”, and that shows. Starting with a lasting silence …

Sunday September 18 in the afternoon, his tweet support for Adrien Quatennens, who withdrew from the coordination of rebellious France due to domestic violence, did not give rise to the thousand relays that all Message on his part usually triggers with his affidues and was immediately criticized by feminists. In the Telegram loops of executives and deputies, his message was sent. He triggered great silence.

On Twitter, only the deputy of Paris Sophia Chikirou, close to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, adopted the same argument line. The former digital communicator of the tribune, Antoine Léaument, had also chosen this tone, although by adding a “courage to Céline [Quatennens] which today undergoes a media whirlwind that she never wanted”.

Others have embarked on explanations: “Adrien is, in my opinion, neither a bastard nor a hero. Conjugal violence is a systemic reality”, launched Danièle Obono. For the rest, the vast majority of “rebellious” deputies have been silent. For those who ensure “wanting to be replaced”, it is a novelty. The sign that his creation escapes him, that the succession is self -employed.

A member of the parliamentary group theorizes a passage of relays. Between the period structured around the idea that Jean-Luc Mélenchon was the presidential candidate, the ultimate referee of all decisions, and a new mode of organization different from that of the campaign and going towards the construction of Another candidacy.

a press release of party managers

The previous week, several deputies had alerted to the need to organize the movement’s response, at the risk of having to rely on the word of Jean-Luc Mélenchon once again. The deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis Clémentine Autain had asked for a meeting on the subject, Thursday, September 15. His request remained unanswered.

Sunday, when the press release from Adrien Quatennens then the message of Jean-Luc Mélenchon fall, the “rebellious” are taken short. Under the leadership of a small group, a press release is in a hurry. Brief, he does not say much, but recalls the feminist commitment of the movement. Rather than having to assume the Mélenchonian message, the executives refer to it. “Our press release has the merit of being clear. This is the position of our movement, that of a feminist movement that knows how to take responsibility,” says the world the European deputy Manon Aubry.

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