“The President of the LFI group stated today that ‘no member of La France Insoumise is involved in this violence, directly or indirectly.’ This evening, a parliamentary assistant to an LFI Member of Parliament was arrested. Without prejudging the outcome of the investigation and violating the presumption of innocence, I reiterate that yes, a clean sweep must be carried out within your ranks. And quickly.”
It was with these words that the Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu spoke on Tuesday evening on X, directly targeting France insubordinate and its leader, Jean-Luc MélenchonThis statement follows a claim by Mathilde Panot, president of the LFI group in the National Assembly, according to which "No member of the rebellion is involved in this violence, directly or indirectly."Lecornu described these remarks as"vile and abject"denouncing what he considers a lack of moral responsibility.
This statement follows the death of Quentin DeranqueA 23-year-old man was lynched to death by anti-fascist activists in Lyon. French authorities have opened an investigation for voluntary homicide. Several suspects have been arrested, including Jacques-Élie Favrot, parliamentary assistant to LFI (La France Insoumise) MP Raphaël Arnault. Arnault announced that he had "has initiated procedures with the Assembly's services to put an end to this" to the contract of his parliamentary assistant, Jacques-Élie Favrot, who was arrested Tuesday evening as part of the judicial investigation opened in Lyon.
