It is a return on the sly and through the back door that Adrien Quatennens made to the National Assembly, after his conviction for domestic violence. The deputy elected under the banner of La France insoumise (LFI), who now sits as non-registered, participated, Wednesday, January 11, in a foreign affairs committee, as we could see by following its work. Its president, the deputy of the MoDem Jean-Louis Bourlanges, has also welcomed “the arrival in [la] commission from a new colleague, M. Quatennens”.
This return, after three months of absence, had not been announced. Monday, January 9, his lawyer Jade Dousselin, informed the World that“no date had been set”, but implied that it was also imminent. Above all, it had to be communicated. Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 January, no “rebellious” deputy contacted by The world did not know when M. Quatennens intended to return to the Palais-Bourbon. Some deputies were notified on Wednesday following the return of their colleague.
First reaction of Adrien Quatennens since his return to the National Assembly: “I exercise my work of parliament… https://t.co/6lKicDbVPA
The deputy from the North, sentenced to four months in prison suspended for “domestic violence”, and suspended for the same duration from the training of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the parliamentary group, had announced, during an interview with BFM-TVon December 14, that he would return “probably in January”.
Debate not open within LFI
This interview, during which the deputy justified his behavior towards his ex-companion, despite his conviction, created unease among LFI members, who had just taken a sanction against their comrade. Some believe that he has harmed the fight against gender-based and sexual violence, at the heart of the movement’s fight, by speaking to BFM-TV and now want an increase in the sanction imposed by the party. For the moment, the debate has not been opened within LFI.
On leaving the National Assembly, the deputy and president of the Renaissance group, Aurore Bergé, declared to the press that the return of Mr. Quatennens had no “nothing natural, nothing banal, nothing normal”. She specified that all of the Renaissance deputies were filing a bill on Wednesday aimed at “to create an additional penalty of ineligibility for persons convicted of acts of domestic or intra-family violence”.
For the far right, “Adrien Quatennens should resign and be re-elected, if he really wanted to come back with his head held high”. Marine Le Pen, MP for Pas‑de‑Calais and president of the National Rally (RN) group, reacted during a press conference, and denounced “the hypocrisy of La France insoumise brought to light by the Quatennens affair”.