Gerald Darmanin has “decided to sue for defamation” against Adrien Quatennens. He reacts to remarks by the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) implicating the Ministry of the Interior in its political fall, according to information from Agence France-Presse (AFP) confirmed in Monde Wednesday, December 14.
In an interview at the The voice of the NorthAdrien Quatennens, sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison, suspended in particular for “violence” committed against his wife, believes that he is the victim of a blow ” Politics “ intended for ” to win against her “. “Several concordant sources tell me that this was directly orchestrated from the Ministry of the Interior. I am not in a position to affirm it myself today”he said on Tuesday.
“What is certain, however, is that it is fast, efficient and very selective. Everything incriminating against me in the proceedings has been leaked”declares the elected representative of the North.
“Slanderous remarks”
In the evening, the Minister of the Interior had informed AFP, through his entourage, that he had “decided to file a complaint for defamation following the slanderous remarks of Adrien Quatennens”.
Since then, in the paper version of The voice of the Northbroadcast on Wednesday, the sentence implicating the Ministry of the Interior has disappeared, but it still appears in the version put online on Tuesday evening. “It’s a question of space, as with every interview. We selected what seemed most important to us so that the paper version would fit on two pages. This is not a request from Mr. Quatennens”explained to Agence France-Presse the editor of the newspaper, Patrick Jankielewicz.
“The Minister of the Interior does not distribute justice slips like that, which he does not have, to all French newspapers”said Mr. Darmanin on Wednesday on France 2, specifying that he would file a complaint ” today “. “If Adrien Quatennens has proof, let him publish it”replies Gérald Darmanin, re-elected in June as deputy for a constituency neighboring that of the “rebellious”.
At mid-September, The chained Duck had revealed that the wife of the deputy of the North had filed a handrail for violence exerted by her husband, with whom she is in the process of divorce. The chosen one then withdrew from his party.
Tuesday, after his conviction, Mr. Quatennens ruled out resigning from his post as deputy, believing that he was the victim of a “media lynching”.
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