The deputy from the North Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence, was invested Friday evening by La France insoumise.
A decision sharply criticized by François Ruffin, deploring that Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party prefers “a man who hits his wife” to “comrades who have the impudence to have a disagreement with the great leader”.
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A choice that does not work for some. The deputy from the North Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence, was nominated Friday evening by La France insoumise, provoking numerous indignant reactions even within the party. Among them, those of François Ruffin, at the forefront in the creation of the New Popular Front, for whom the movement would have preferred “a man who hits his wife” has “comrades who have the impudence to have a disagreement with the great leader”evoking Jean-Luc Mélenchon without naming him.
Corbière and Garrido not renewed
Conversely, historical figures of LFI like Alexis Corbière, Raquel Garrido or Danielle Simonnet, who had become discordant, were not renewed. “I am being made to pay for the crime of lèse-Mélenchon”lamented Raquel Garrido following the announcement. “Shame on you Jean-Luc Mélenchon. It’s sabotage. But I will do better. We will do better”she continues in a message broadcast on the social network “disgusting methods”.
“An obscure LFI electoral commission decided not to nominate me as a candidate. A punishment for having voiced internal criticism. Shame”writes his companion Alexis Corbière, saying to himself “obviously still a candidate”.
