The number two of La France insoumise (LFI), Adrien Quatennens, announced on Sunday September 18 that he was retiring from his post. movement coordinatorafter the revelation, on Tuesday, in The chained Duck of the filing of a ” handrail “ by his wife. ” I step back from my role as coordinator of La France insoumise to protect the movement, its activists and all those who rely a lot on me., he explained in a statement posted on Twitter.
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This letter comes five days after the publication of an article byu Chained Duck, which revealed that his wife, Céline Quatennens, had filed a handrail against him in the context of a divorce situation. The Quatennens couple had claimed on Tuesday in a joint statement, ” the respect “ of his ” private life “ after the revelation, on the same day, of the filing of this handrail.
In the press release published on Twitter, the deputy from the North re-elected in June evokes ” disputes “ since his wife informed him of her desire to divorce, acknowledging that he had “gave a slap” and saying they have “deeply regretted this gesture”. Adrien Quatennens says hold on “naturally” available to justice, and “reserves for him any additional details on the context”.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon gives him his “confidence”
Aged 32, elected deputy in 2017, Mr. Quatennens is one of the figures of the young guard of La France insoumise and his name was mentioned, among others, for the succession of Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the head of the movement. This last immediately reacted on Twitter. “Police malice, media voyeurism, social networks were invited in the conflictual divorce of Adrien and Céline Quatennens”, he commented. And to insist: “Adrien decides to take it all on himself. I salute his dignity and his courage. I tell him my confidence and my affection. »
The LFI deputy for Paris, Sophia Chikirou, for her part, welcomed “the political leader, who is admired for his honesty and selflessness”and exhorted, about the “couple of friends we love and hate to see tear each other apart” : “Leave them alone now!” »
The party also released a statement, “greeting” the decision of the deputy of the North, “taken in consultation with the authorities of the movement and [qui] will be followed by the provisions necessary for the good animation of our movement “. “In any case, insubordinate France reiterates its unfailing commitment to the fight against violence against women and recalls the existence within it of a monitoring committee against sexist and sexual violence always available to listen to the word women “adds LFI.
A member of the left-wing coalition, New People’s Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), alongside the LFI deputies, Sandrine Rousseau, for her part, called on Adrien Quatennens to put himself “withdrawn from all public speech, even withdrawn from the LFI group in the Assembly”. According to the deputy Europe Ecologie-Les Verts de Paris, “it is not possible to represent men and women (…) when one is guilty of such acts”.