The Northern MP had presented himself before the courts in the context of an appearance on prior recognition of guilt in a case of violence against his wife, Céline Quatennens.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
The deputy Adrien Quatennens (La France Insoumise, LFI) was sentenced to four months suspended prison sentence, Tuesday, December 13. He appeared before the Lille court as part of an appearance on prior recognition of guilt in the case of violence against his ex-partner, Céline Quatennens.
In detail, the elected official was convicted of “violence without incapacity committed by spouse” between October and December 2021, as well as for “regular and malicious sending of messages” to his wife, by SMS and Whatsapp, between August and September 2022, said the judge.
The old number two of LFI, withdrawn following the revelation by the chained duck of the deposit of two handrails and a complaint by M me quatennens, had publicly recognized Two facts: a slap to his wife “over a year ago” in a context “of mutual aggressiveness”, as well as SMS sent after the separation of the couple.
Céline Quatennens had denounced “physical and psychological violence” exercised for “several years” by her husband, evoking “her anger” and “her crises”. “It is unpleasant to me that my husband minimizes the facts publicly by throwing discredit on my person,” she added in a press release to the France-Presse agency.
crisis at LFI
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who had initially displayed his support for his foal, provoking the ire of feminist activists and a crisis within LFI, has not expressed itself since these new accusations.
This sentence opens the question of the return of M. Quatennens to the hemicycle. The MP of Lille was so far excluded from the activities of his parliamentary group. “We cannot compare it to people who beat up their wife, who put GHB in glasses,” said the mayor of Faches-Thumesnil, Patrick Proisy (LFI), in reference to the recent conviction of Emmanuel Macron, Laurent Bigorgne, for having drugged his former sister-in-law. “We hope it comes back. We cannot do without a speaker like Adrien Quatennens in the fight that is preparing for pensions,” added the elected official, who had come, with a dozen other , before the court to support Mr. Quatennens.
Before her condemnation, the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis Clémentine Autain (LFI) had insisted on the need to “take the word of Céline Quatennens”, but also to worry about the rehabilitation of Adrien Quatennens , often eluded subject “.
Socialist and environmental allies of LFI called for the resignation of the Northern deputy, as well as the feminist collective #noustoutes. “A violent man cannot represent women victims of violence on French territory,” said the collective in a statement on Monday.