Dussopt described as “murderer”: for Bompard, the rebel deputy “got the form wrong”

Close the incident. After the rebel deputy Aurélien Saintoul accused Olivier Dussopt of being “an impostor” and “a murderer” in relation to deaths from work accidents, Manuel Bompard gave his analysis.

“In the form, he was wrong, he recognized it,” Manuel Bompard, the new coordinator of La France insoumise, told France info on Tuesday morning.

An adjournment of the meeting and then an apology.

His colleague, elected from Hauts-de-Seine, caused the suspension of the meeting on Monday night, in full review of the pension reform.

“In 2017 there were 550 deaths in work accidents in this country. In 2018, 562 and in 2019 there were 733”, launched Aurélien Saintoul during the debates at the Ministry of Labor, while the chamber debated the rate of older people.

“There are 150 orphans, widows and more and you are responsible for these political decisions. You are an impostor and a murderer, ”the rebel, a professor of letters, launched again.

“excitement” and “fatigue”

Which provoked an outcry and asked the leaders of the groups in the National Assembly for an apology from him in the seats of the presidential majority but also from the Nupes.

“Here (in the National Assembly), none of us is a murderer,” said the president of the environmental group Cyrielle Chatelain of the EELV while André Chassaigne and his PCF colleagues declared themselves “shocked” in the words of the LFI deputy.

Aurélien Saintoul then spoke again, addressing “his public apologies” to the Minister of Labour.

“I made a mistake,” added the LFI deputy, referring to “excitement, fatigue” and “more personal reasons.”

“Something fair” on “substance” for Bompard

This incident was sanctioned with a call to order before a possible sanction from the office of the National Assembly. The Minister of Labor said for his part “listen” to the excuses but “do not forgive”.

“Our colleague basically said the right thing since he was talking about work accidents. So he pointed out the responsibility of the government in the fact that accidents at work have been constantly increasing in recent years ”, Manuel Bompard also judged his side this Tuesday morning.

According to the latest data from Eurostat, France is the ninth country of the 27 in the European Union with the most fatal accidents at work. In 2021, Health Insurance recorded 645 deaths among employees.