Manon Aubry comes out of the carpentry. The MEP La France insoumise had not yet taken a position after the media offensive of Adrien Quatennens after his suspended sentence of 4 months in prison for domestic violence. Now it’s done.
“Like many, I feel a deep discomfort with the interviews of Adrien Quatennens,” the MEP tweeted this Friday at the end of the morning.
Words against his wife that do not pass
The party executive is not the only one who has distanced herself from her colleague since her return to the media on Tuesday, but she is the one with the most important political weight.
The deputy from the North spoke at length in the columns of the voice of the north a few hours after this judicial decision. He explained that he “silently endured a media lynching” while detailing the conditions of the separation with his wife.
“My ex-girlfriend openly threatened to destroy my political commitment if I did not respond favorably to all of her demands. She even made me sign a paper stating it under duress,” the 30-year-old said.
“We don’t go on TV to ‘victimize ourselves'”
Before raising the tone a little more against his wife this Wednesday on BFMTV. He thus described a sentimental relationship that “was not violent” but “difficult for about two years.” He also recalled the day he slapped his wife, referring to “a serious discussion with mutual threats.”
“After a domestic violence conviction, we don’t go on television to downplay or ‘contextualize’ by revealing the victim’s past. This goes against our feminist fight ”, Manon Aubry also assured on her Twitter account.
“It hurts me against violence against women”
LFI MP Marianne Maximi also expressed her disapproval of his twitter account, accusing his colleague of “minimizing and relativizing his own violence.” “It’s serious,” said the chosen Puy-de-Dôme.
“It hurts our fights against violence against women.”
Same story on Alma Dufour’s side. The Seine-Maritime parliamentarian assured the the social network that “the interview conducted on BFMTV cannot be conducted on (his) behalf.”
“I support my colleagues who have disassociated themselves from it,” adds the young woman.
The anger rises even more on the benches of La France because Adrien Quatennens will return to the Assembly in January. If your group has excluded you for 4 months and conditions your return to your seats to “an accountability course on violence against women with feminist associations”, you will use the possibility of sitting in the Palais-Bourbon on the sidelines of any group political.
A return in January “incomprehensible”
“I understand that he wants to come back quickly,” an aide to an elected rebel told BFMTV.com on Thursday. “It is his right as long as justice allows him since he has not received a sentence of disqualification. But we really go through idiots ”, continued this same source.
“He is disabled for 4 months but he comes anyway. It is incomprehensible.”
Mathilde Panot, the president of the LFI group in the National Assembly, argued this Thursday in the Public Senate that “nobody (could) prohibit her from coming and going.” “We can no longer ask a deputy not to come to the Assembly,” said the deputy.
Source: BFM TV
