Pause in a rising career or definitive fall? The question is open to Adrien Quatennens, who withdrew on Sunday from the coordination of rebel France after acknowledging domestic violence against his wife.
“We have a great sense of waste. He is one of the brightest of his generation, of our group in the Assembly, as well as being a very good companion. We really don’t realize it,” summarizes, affected, a rebel elected. official with BFMTV.com.
A bright future so far
The deputy from the North has been in the storm since last Tuesday and the revelation by the chained duck of a handrail interposed by his wife, in the middle of a divorce process. In the process, the couple split a press release, asking for their privacy to “find a path to appeasement.” What gives hope to this intimate Jean-Luc Mélenchon that the case makes little noise.
But last Sunday, the parliamentarian published a text on Twitter in which he admitted having “grabbed his wrist” “in a context of broken communication” with his wife, before commenting on other events.
“In a context of extreme tension and mutual aggressiveness”, Adrien Quatennens also states, he claims to have slapped his wife, deciding to “draw the political consequences” by announcing his retirement from his post in France.
His withdrawal from the party, “obvious”
Enough to stop a meteoric political rise by which many saw him capable of succeeding the head of rebellious France at the head of the movement, and then embark on the race for the Elysee.
“The fact that he is taking a step back was obvious to us, as it was to him. As soon as we found out about the situation, we turned it into a political action,” said MP Hadrien Clouet.
The party really had no choice. Very committed to the fight against sexist and sexual violence, he was forced to act quickly.
Several cases of sexual violence have affected their representatives, from Taha Bouhafs, candidate for the legislative elections in the Rhône, who had to resign, following accusations of sexual assault on Éric Coquerel, president of the Finance Commission, implicated by the former Yellow Dressing Sophie Tissier for “scandalous and harassing” behavior. If Taha Bouhafs is not the target of justice for these events, the Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation for harassment and sexual assault against Éric Coquerel.
Nupes members demand their withdrawal from the Assembly
Now the question arises of the possible withdrawal of Adrien Quatennens from the rebel France group in the National Assembly, as requested by several environmentalist deputies, such as Sandrine Rousseau or Aurélien Taché, members of Nupes.
Even within the rebels, voices are raised to go further and collectively decide on the action to be taken. “These are his words, not mine,” said MP Clémentine Autain in the parisian, after Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s words of support for Adrien Quatennens.
“I ask that any case of violence or sexist acts involving LFI deputies give rise to a discussion within the LFI political group, so that all the deputies decide collectively on the appropriate political follow-up,” MP Pascale Martin also advanced in her Twitter. bill.
“The jurisprudence of Abad and Darmanin”
Mathilde Panot, the president of the LFI group, speaks this Tuesday morning at a press conference and could announce the temporary withdrawal of her colleague. It is necessary to support the Nupes while certain environmentalist deputies want to rely on the “jurisprudence of Abad and Darmanin.”
La France insoumise, like Europe Écologie-Les Verts, in fact, had judged that neither the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, nor the Minister of Social Affairs, Damien Abad, could not remain in office while they were the subject of accusations of violation. (Gérald Darmanin benefited from impeachment dismissal in 2022. The complaint filed against him for “abuse of weakness” was dismissed. Damien Abad, who left the government last July, is accused of rape by 4 women and is the subject of an investigation for “attempted rape” Editor’s Note).
“It has nothing to do with it. We are talking about personalities accused of rape. We have to land at some point, we cannot mix everything,” defends an elected official, close to Adrien Quatennens.
“Work with him a little” so you can come back
On the banks of rebellious France, we are now waiting for justice to advance. It seems unlikely that the proceedings opened by the Lille public prosecutor’s office will be successful, while Adrien Quatennens’ wife has informed BFMTV that she has no intention of taking legal action in the case.
“The question of his political return, with the possibility of expressing himself widely, will come when his wife regains her moral security and when Adrien feels useful to advance the cause and when he has done some work on him so that this does not happen again. ”, analyzes another rebel deputy.
The president of the LFI group in the National Assembly has already opened the door to this option, assuring Sunday on RTL that she “does not believe that a man, even if he has ever committed an act of violence, is a man.” that he is violent for life, that would be natural “. Which predicts a sequel for the political future of Adrien Quatennens.
Source: BFM TV
