2023-12-12 16:21:36
A closely scrutinized list. After the setback inflicted on the Macronist majority this Monday, several deputies, absent during the vote on the motion to reject the Immigration law in the National Assembly, are questioned in turn on the reasons for these absences.
Monday evening, 270 deputies voted for the motion of prior rejection of the environmentalists, 265 spoke against. A narrow defeat, when nine majority deputies did not take part in this vote which cut short any substantive debate in the Assembly on the bill. The text aimed in particular to facilitate the expulsions of foreigners deemed dangerous on the one hand, and, on the other, to allow the regularization of undocumented workers in certain professions in tension.
Among the absent elected officials, five come from the Renaissance group: Jean-Philippe Ardouin (3rd constituency of Charente-Maritime), Anne Genetet (11th constituency of French people living abroad), Monique Iborra (6th constituency of Haute-Garonne), Amélia Lakrafi (10th constituency for French people living abroad) and Michel Lauzzana (1st constituency of Lot-et-Garonne).
Monday evening, Monique Iborra explained that she had to be in Toulouse to accompany the visit of the president, who came to take stock of the France 2030 investment plan. “I was the only representative of Renaissance to be present. I had to be there. Obviously, I would have voted against this motion to reject because this law on immigration is essential, many people were waiting for it,” she explained to La Dépêche du Midi.
Delegation forgotten or not respected
Jean-Philippe Ardouin says he warned his group of his absence as early as December 7. The elected official was in fact on a business trip to Italy, he explains to South West. MP Renaissance indicates that he, like his colleagues, would have voted against the motion to reject if he had been present. “No one” however offered him a delegation of vote and he did not request one, he adds.
The absence of Michel Lauzzana was also planned, the latter indicates to South West. The deputy had even sent a certificate “to report his absence to the National Assembly”. “But obviously, there was an administrative problem, since the voting delegation was not taken into account. This concerns the internal functioning of the group, and this situation bothers me because, I repeat, I had warned in advance and made my arrangements, I had done what was necessary,” continues the MP, who wants to put the situation “in the clear” this Tuesday.
Amélia Lakrafi, she attended the Doha forum on diplomacy, in Qatar, specifies France Info. MP Anne Genetet, for her part, had not yet spoken on this subject this Tuesday morning.
A MoDem elected official who “has difficulty” in the debate
Among the majority’s allied deputies, three MoDem elected officials were also absent: Philippe Berta (6th constituency of Gard), Philippe Bolo (7th constituency of Maine-et-Loire) and Mohamed Laqhila (11th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône).
Only Mohamed Laqhila publicly explained his absence, on the BFMTV set. Unlike his absent colleagues, he explains his absence by refusing to vote, for political reasons. As a “son of immigration”, “I have had a very difficult time with this debate” on immigration “for years”, he confided on television. “There are millions of immigrants today in France who work and who feel singled out,” he added.
The other absences could be explained by unforeseen circumstances, such as plane or train delays, the MoDem group tells France Info, which indicates that there are “transport problems every week”. Added to this list is another absentee, from the Horizons and related group: Anne-Cécile Violland, deputy for the 5th constituency of Haute-Savoie, who has not yet spoken on this subject.
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