Sentenced to four months in prison for domestic violence, LFI deputy Adrien Quatennens finally gave up presenting his candidacy in the next legislative elections.
LFI deputy Adrien Quatennens announced on Sunday that he would not present his candidacy in the North, contested by his party’s partners within the New Popular Front, due to his four-month suspended prison sentence for domestic violence.
“I no longer intend for my candidacy to be used against La France insoumise and the New Popular Front to harm them at a time when all energy must be used to beat the extreme right,” he declared. in a speech to the press. On Saturday, however, he was invested by LFI.
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“To all those who oppose or doubt the relevance of my candidacy, know that I understand you. I hope I can, humbly, and through my actions, regain your trust,” Mr. Quatennens reacted in a press release.
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An announcement, which combined with the absences of Danielle Simonnet, elected in Paris, as well as Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière, deputies of Seine-Saint-Denis, had brought many tenors of the left out of their hinges.
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The anger of Ruffin and Autain
Invested under the LFI label in the first constituency of the Somme without having expressly requested it, François Ruffin declared: “You prefer a man who hits his wife, perpetrator of domestic violence, to comrades who have the impudence to have a disagreement with the big boss. »
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Same story with Clémentine Autain, LFI candidate for the Nouvelle Union Populaire in the 11th constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis, who evokes “a purge”: “In France Insoumise, it is better to have been convicted of domestic violence than to have having defended democracy, demonstrated against anti-Semitism after October 7 and pleaded for the union of the left and environmentalists. »
