Christian Estrosi does not hide his disappointment with La France Insoumise. Guest on CNews this Tuesday, November 26, Mayor Horizons of Nice described parliamentarians Ugo Bernalicis and Éric Coquerel as “enemies, not of the Republic (but) of the nation.”
The reason for the party vice president’s anger: the bill proposed by the rebels, who want to repeal the crime of apologizing for terrorism from the penal code and reincorporate it into the press law. “It is not credible,” criticized Christian Estrosi, who shares the almost general indignation of the political class, including the Socialist Party.
A deep fissure within the New Popular Front? This is what the mayor of Nice believes he observes. “I see more and more left-wing groups, including the Communist Party and Fabien Roussel, saying very clearly that they will never want to participate in political actions alongside the LFI,” he explained.
“A form of betrayal”
This bill signed by Ugo Bernalicis was sent to the National Assembly on November 19 – without having been registered in the rebels’ parliamentary niche – and has been stirring political life for several days.
But this Tuesday a new step was taken following Christian Estrosi’s announcement of a complaint against the deputy and his colleague as president of the Finance Commission.
“Personally, I announce to you this morning that I am going to file a complaint for ‘intelligence with the enemy’, ‘apology for terrorism’ against Messrs. Bernalicis and Coquerel,” announced the mayor of Nice, assuring that he sees “a form of betrayal” in the attitude of the two left-wing politicians.
“Who does not consider, like me, that they are enemies, not of the Republic, but of the nation? “The French nation, that makes sense!” insisted the councilor.
Rebellious France does not have the will to eliminate the crime of glorifying terrorism, as Mathilde Panot, leader of the group’s deputies, clarified to BFMTV. He assures that it is rather a matter of “placing” this crime “in the right place” in the millefeuille of French law, to avoid abusive prosecutions.
Source: BFM TV
