28 deputies threatened with death since January 1

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C. Demangeat, G. Jongis, France 3 Regions – France 3

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In the processions demonstrations against the vaccine pass, which gathered more than 100,000 people on Saturday 8 January, the most radical call for violent action. For weeks now, several parliamentarians have received death threats for their support for the government’s vaccination policy.

More and more elected officials are subject to violence from the most radical “anti-ax”. MPs LREM are the first targeted, and more and more often threatened with death. Yael Braun-Pivet, president (LREM) from the Law Commission to the National Assembly, received a threatening letter three days ago, after the vote on the project on the vaccine pass. “Fire is good, when you sleep (…) always look back and forth. Your bastards are going to drink too “, can we read there.

Also targeted by threats, Jacques Maire, deputy (LREM) des Hauts-de-Seine, is now the subject of close police protection. “We feel a wave rising”, he remarks. Since the debate on the vaccine pass project, the violence has intensified. “I’m seriously thinking of beheading you”, also received Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, deputy (To act together) of Seine-Maritime. Since January 1, 2022, 28 deputies have received death threats. In 2021, 200 similar facts were identified. The phenomenon has grown to such an extent that the government has request the prefects to strengthen the supervision of elected officials.


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