The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, rejected a request for lifting of parliamentary immunity of the deputy Meyer Habib of Republicans (LR) formulated by 39 left-wing deputies who accused him of“apology for war crimes” Israelis in Gaza.
In a response made public on Saturday December 23 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 is absolute and which no procedure allows to “lift ” ».
Socialist, environmentalist and rebellious deputies had questioned a sentence pronounced by Meyer Habib, elected from the 8e constituency of French people established outside France, during the question session with the government last Tuesday.
“While the minister [des Affaires étrangères, 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 and twice pronounced the words: “And this is not finished!” »comments that can “akin to the apology of war crimes”these deputies estimated.
Meyer Habib, whose constituency includes Israel, is a fierce supporter of the Jewish state, supporting the bombings and military operations in Gaza, launched after the unprecedented attacks by Hamas on October 7 in Israel.
” What a shame ! »
The deputy from the LR group reacted strongly to the approach of these left-wing elected officials, believing that “their damp squib is only a crude counter-fire to try to forget the repeated apologia for terrorism, negationism and anti-Semitism at work in their ranks since October 7”.
The decision of the President of the 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.