Meyer Habib should ultimately not be sanctioned. The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, rejected a request to lift the parliamentary immunity of the LR deputy made by 39 left-wing deputies who accused him of “apology for Israeli war crimes” in Gaza.
In a response made public on Saturday by deputies from La France insoumise (LFI), Yaël Braun-Pivet writes that “the remarks made by a parliamentarian in the hemicycle of the Assembly are covered, in accordance with article 26 of the Constitution , by the principle of irresponsibility, which has an absolute character and which no procedure allows to “lift””. She indicates that constitutional rules do not allow her to herself trigger the procedure which could lead to the lifting of an elected official’s immunity.
Israel in Meyer Habib’s constituency
Socialist, environmentalist and rebellious deputies had questioned a sentence pronounced by Meyer Habib, elected from the 8th constituency of French people established outside France, during the question session to the government on Tuesday. “While the Minister (of Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna) was invited to react to the death of a Quai d’Orsay agent following Israeli bombings on a residential building housing civilians, MP Meyer Habib distinctly pronounced , and twice, the words: “And it’s not over!” “, comments that could “akin to the apology of war crimes”, these deputies estimated.
Meyer Habib, whose constituency includes Israel, is a staunch supporter of that country, supporting its bombings and military operations in Gaza, launched after Hamas’s unprecedented Oct. 7 attacks in Israel.
The deputy from the LR group, for his part, reacted strongly to the approach of the left-wing elected officials, considering that “their damp squib is only a crude counter-fire to try to make people forget the repeated apology for terrorism, negationism and anti-Semitism at work in their ranks since October 7.”
The decision of the President of the National Assembly to reject the request for lifting of immunity aroused strong discontent on Saturday in the rebellious ranks. “The unconditional supporters of Israeli war criminals protect each other. A French MP can therefore calmly apologize for war crimes. What a shame ! », declared MP Thomas Portes on the X platform.