The rag never stops burning inside the Nupes. After the statement by the Paris LFI deputy Sophia Chikirou, who compared the communist Fabien Roussel with the collaborationist Jacques Doriot, the environmentalist Sandrine Rousseau “condemned” these statements, at the LCI conference this Sunday.
“This is not how we speak politically. I condemn [ces propos]”said the environmentalist deputy, member of Nupes.
“It would be unforgivable for many French people if we had a gambling attitude on the left. We must absolutely make sure that we present an alternative to liberalism and the extreme right. It is our responsibility to do so,” he added, lamenting that Nupes “was not quite up to the task.” moment”.
“A call to hate”
Sophia Chikirou this week published a message comparing the current head of the communists with Jacques Doriot, a former communist who became a collaborator in the 1940s. And a photograph selling T-shirts that said: “Everyone hates Fabien Roussel.”
A statement that caused a great stir on the left, which the PCF criticized in a press release as “a real call for hatred and violence against Fabien Roussel.” “Are these political leaders so ignorant of history as to associate the name of the national secretary of the PCF with that of Doriot, who fought under the Nazi uniform on the Eastern Front, while tens of thousands of communists gave their lives for the liberation of “France?” added the party.
LFI members divided
In reaction, several left-wing political leaders called this Friday in a column published in Humanity to “respect for political debate”, considering these statements “unacceptable”.
Rebel MP Clémentine Autain also shouted “Stop the fire” on Friday morning at LCI. Despite “many disagreements with Fabien Roussel,” “comparing him with Doriot, I don’t agree,” she declared, although the communist leader also “said things about rebellious France that are not acceptable.”
Demonstrating the divisions within the left alliance, Mathilde Panot, president of the LFI group in the National Assembly, stated on franceinfo that she does not condemn “anything.” “I’m just saying that [Fabien Roussel] It is not” Jacques Doriot, but Sophia Chikirou and Jean-Luc Mélenchon are “right to point out a drift by Fabien Roussel that is very worrying.” “Fabien Roussel must choose his side,” he stated again.
Source: BFM TV
