2023-07-09 14:18:00
The President of the National Assembly accuses these left-wing deputies present at the march on Saturday of “knowingly damaging the Republic”.
By NB with AFP Mathilde Panot and other elected leftists went to the forbidden march for Adama Traoré. © XOSE BOUZAS/Hans Lucas/ Hans Lucas via AFP Published on 07/09/2023 at 2:18 p.m.
The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, said on Sunday that she was “appalled” by the presence of LFI deputies and environmentalists at the rally in memory of Adama Traoré, banned by the authorities. The leader of the Renaissance deputies, Aurore Bergé, denounced “an obvious provocation”.
“I am appalled to see elected representatives of the Nation, sporting the tricolor scarf, mute and smiling while hearing demonstrators chant “Everyone hates the police!” “, tweeted the holder of the perch. “To condone disrespect and hatred towards our police forces is to knowingly damage the Republic”, added the elected Renaissance.
I am appalled to see elected representatives of the Nation, sporting the tricolor scarf, mute and smiling while hearing demonstrators chanting “everyone hates the police”. To condone disrespect and hatred towards our police forces is to knowingly damage the Republic.… pic.twitter.com/FHowLCHtpx
— Yael Braun-Pivet (@YaelBRAUNPIVET) July 9, 2023
“The provocation, it is double when you are an elected representative of the Republic”, abounded Aurore Bergé, questioned during the Big Meeting of Europe 1, in partnership with CNews and The echoes. La France insoumise “voluntarily goes to illegal demonstrations to try to make people believe that we live here, in France, in an authoritarian country”. Death of Nahel in Nanterre: the political lessons of the 2005 crisis
A dozen left-wing elected officials present
About 2,000 people took part in the march in Paris on Saturday in memory of Adama Traoré, who died seven years ago shortly after his arrest by the gendarmes. For fear of public order disturbances after the recent urban violence, this gathering had been banned by the Paris police headquarters. A dozen elected LFI and EELV were still present and denounced the behavior of several police officers, in particular during the muscular arrest of one of Adama’s brothers, Youssouf. The latter was still hospitalized on Sunday and his police custody was lifted. READ ALSO Adama Traoré case: a final twist?
In the context of the riots which followed the death of Nahel, 17, during a police check, “the banning of the Adama march was a provocation”, estimated Sunday on BFM TV the boss of the Insoumis deputies, Mathilde Panot , present at this meeting. “People need to march peacefully to express both their anger and their demands,” she added, calling for “a basement to attic policing overhaul.”
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has repeatedly denounced LFI’s refusal to call for calm during the urban violence, accusing it of leaving the “republican field”.
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