For Yaël Braun-Pivet, there is no other way out than to challenge the proposal to repeal the pension reform. The President of the National Assembly on Thursday ruled the bill brought by the independent parliamentary group Liot “obviously” inadmissible. She then expects the LFI president of the finance committee Eric Coquerel to challenge her. Unions are backing Liot’s proposal, which is due to be considered on June 8, two days after a 14th day of strikes and protests against pension reform.
“It is up to the chairman of the finance committee who is seized of this question of article 40 to pronounce the inadmissibility” since “obviously the text of the law constitutes a burden for our public finances and therefore contravenes this article” , estimated on Sud Radio the president of the Assembly. “It is his mission and I hope that, like me, he will fulfill it fully”, she added, before insisting: “I cannot conceive of him taking any decision other than inadmissibility. »
Incomprehension of Eric Coquerel
“I will respect the prerogatives of each other at each stage and indeed, in the hemicycle, it is I who am accountable for the application of article 40”, she also warned, in case Eric Coquerel would not pronounce the inadmissibility. “My role is to enforce the law and the institutions,” she said. Article 40 of the Constitution provides that the proposals and amendments of parliamentarians are not admissible if they entail a reduction in revenue or an increase in public charges.
“You will still have to explain to me this logic which requires that the office of the Assembly chaired by Yaël Braun-Pivet validates this bill including under article 40 (art 89-1 of the regulations) but then considers so certain that it would be up to me to invalidate it, ”immediately replied to him on Twitter Eric Coquerel. Asked in real time about this response, Yaël Braun-Pivet assured that she was “obviously” going to exchange with him but that “the relations of a president of the National Assembly with the president of the finance committee are not resolved. on your radio. »