An alarming message, alerting them to the hospitalization of one of their children and asking them to come as soon as possible: several women deputies from the National Rally say they were the target, on Monday February 6, of an intimidation attempt aimed at to leave the National Assembly when a request for a referendum, carried by the RN, was examined. The world was able to listen to one of these voicemails, where a man posing as working in a hospital, tells them that they are “expected as soon as possible” and give a phone number.
The president of the RN, Marine Le Pen, denounced “a particularly disgusting maneuver” : “Obviously they left the hemicycle devastated before realizing that they had been several to receive these messages (…) The goal was to keep them away from the hemicycle at the appropriate time”.
“That people dare to use this type of method is lamentable”she lambasted, when the Assembly had to decide on a request for a referendum carried by the RN, hostile to the pension reform. “We are going to find who committed this offense because we are obviously going to file a complaint and have the messages analyzed”then said the president of the RN group to the press.
Conviction by Renaissance and the PS
The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance), asked Mme Le Pen to pass him “a copy of the messages received so that we can look at what is going on”.
Fadila Khattabi (Renaissance), president of the social affairs commission, in turn denounced intimidation. “For once, I am going to completely agree with Mr.me The pen. At the moment, many of us are receiving intimidation letters, I received one, with threats to our families, our children”she lamented. “It is absolutely scandalous, we are in a free, democratic Republic, the parliamentarians that we are have no pressure to have regarding a text examination. We should not be intimidated”hammered the Macronist deputy.
Asked about the false messages received by RN deputies to make them leave the hemicycle and prevent the vote on their party’s referendum motion, Olivier Faure assured Tuesday February 7 on LCI not knowing “Who is it from? [mais] none of us would have had the idea of trying to alienate the deputies of the National Rally by such odious means”.
“I condemn those who may have taken these actions. We do not play, including with this type of fakes, which are extremely distressing for those who receive them”he added, pointing out that “Democracy is not that either”.