The deputy announced on Sunday that he was “withdrawn from his function of coordinator” of the movement, recognizing violence against his wife.
Le Monde with AFP
Almost a week after its start, the Adrien Quatennens affair continues to turn stir within rebellious France (LFI). During the return press conference of her political group in the Assembly, Tuesday, September 20, MP Clémentine Autain assured that “no one has procrastinated to say that Adrien Quatennens should be withdrawn” of the party after ‘He admitted domestic violence. Figure of the young LFI guard, the Northern deputy is under the scope of an investigation after a handrail deposited by his wife.
Questioned that Jean-Luc Mélenchon had reiterated his “confidence” to the young MP, arousing internal criticism, M me autain admitted that it was necessary “to work further These questions and perhaps in a transpartisan way “. Ms. Autain, however, considered that it was necessary to recognize the “complexity” of such situations, requiring respecting the presumption of innocence of the accused, to take into account the difficulty on the human level of dealing with the case of “comrades” or still respect for victims.
“compulsory” training
“Yes, we assume that we are groping, that this is a difficult question,” said MP LFI Danièle OBONO, also questioned by its movement of cases of sexist or sexual violence:
“We are assuming for failures, not having a perfect protocol.”
Ms. Obono stressed that LFI deputies were going to attend a “compulsory” training on sexist and sexual violence during their parliamentary days, scheduled for Thursday and Friday to prepare for the start of parliamentary.
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Me Autain also highlighted the limits of “total transparency”, in reference to the statements, the day before, of the Ecological MP Sandrine Rousseau, who said she received a woman accusing at home The national secretary of Europe Ecologie-les Verts (EELV), Julien Bayou, “behaviors likely to break the moral health of women”:
“When I hear Sandrine Rousseau yesterday [say] for example that the ex-partner of Julien Bayou, whom she received herself (…) made a suicide attempt, I do not know if this Woman wants all of France to know that she had a suicide attempt. “
Fabien Roussel wishes” rules “common to parties
For his part, the boss of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, called on Tuesday the political parties to reflect together on an internal “framework of rules” to treat violence against women, based on justice that must be “fast” and “specialized”.
On this subject, “there is a void, everyone takes their own device to combat violence in their party, I propose that we discuss it together, between left -wing political leaders, right, we are all confronted with That “, offered on BFM-TV and RMC The Northern MP. And to explain:
“Today we are asked of us, we are asking the opinion, to be the prosecutors of these cases, we are asked of us, party leaders, business leaders, unions, To be the prosecutors and to judge, and I think it is not up to us to do so, it is up to justice to do so, and quickly. “
On the sidelines of a press point on the second bike in the court of Matignon, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, deemed Tuesday “extremely shocking to have someone who trivializes intra -family violence”, in reference Tweet published Sunday by Jean-Luc Mélenchon to support Adrien Quatennens A>.
“Succeeding in making a tweet with so many laudatory remarks with regard to someone who expresses the admission of having committed violence is still incredible,” reacted the leader on Tuesday From the national rally, Marine Le Pen, >.