More than a thousand LFI and Nupes activists sign a platform on Monday in The world to denounce the movement’s decision to only temporarily exclude MP Adrien Quatennens, convicted of domestic violence, from its parliamentary group.
“We, the members of Insubordinate France and Nupes demand the exclusion of Adrien Quatennens,” the forum read.
“We call activists to insubordinate,” they continue, denouncing a “vertical system that favors the protection of senior executives to the detriment of activists and programs.”
“Keep your promises”
“We are asking for a fairer internal democracy where the representatives are appointed and legitimized by the militants and not essentially by the circle restricted by the national office,” they write again.
“Apply your promises, act: yes, the private is political, no aggressor has a place in our parties, our organizations, our institutions, in our chambers,” the signatories urge.
Suspended for four months from his group in the National Assembly as a result of his sentence, at the beginning of December, to four months in prison for “violence” against his wife, the deputy from the North declared himself the victim of a “media lynching” and he refused to resign.
Since the start of this affair, La France Insoumise (LFI), the party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon – which came third in the presidential elections and of which Adrien Quatennens is one of the most loyal lieutenants – has been rocked by turmoil.
Source: BFM TV
