The Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, described this Sunday, November 24, as “unspeakable” the LFI bill aimed at eliminating the crime of advocating terrorism from the Penal Code, and asked the left to “definitively dissociate itself” from the rebels.
“I really call on those who are on the left (…) those who still have political consciousness, those who care about the Republic, (…) to definitively disassociate themselves from the Insoumis,” declared Bruno Retailleau to the press. . , just after a speech before the annual convention of the Representative Council of the Jewish Institutions of France (Crif).
The crime of glorifying terrorism was applied and “supported by two left-wing men, Manuel Valls, who prepared it, and Bernard Cazeneuve, who defended it in the chambers of the National Assembly and the Senate,” said Bruno Retailleau.
“It is indescribable” to want to eliminate it, he said, referring to the La France insoumise bill.
A text criticized by the PS
The text denounced by Bruno Retailleau was presented by the LFI del Norte deputy, Ugo Bernalicis, and his LFI colleagues.
He wants to eliminate the crime of apology of terrorism created by a 2014 law, considering that in this matter “the law of July 29, 1881, which deals with the facts related to the crimes of apology of crime, apology of crimes of war”. of apology for crimes against humanity”.
The first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, already criticized the proposed LFI law, considering that it was “imperative to protect public freedoms but also to protect the French from fanaticism and calls to violence and hatred.”
In his closing speech at the Crif convention, Bruno Retailleau denounced anti-Semitism “of an Islamist nature”, to which he “added” the “electoral sponsorship of those who make the Palestinian cause an electoral campaign argument” and “have chosen to sell their honor, sell our values.”
Crif hosted its 14th annual convention in Paris on Sunday. The president of the Ile-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, also spoke during the closing session, which was also attended by the director general of the national police, the prefect of the Ile-de-France region and the prefect of police of Paris .
Source: BFM TV
