“535 facts of serious threats and around 400 complaints since July” 2021, announces Gérald Darmanin

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The Minister of the Interior, who “encourages” elected officials to file a complaint, promises “the end of impunity.

“Since last July, there have been 535 acts of serious threats against elected representatives of the Republic and around 400 complaints. And we now have a large number of arrests”, said Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, this Thursday on franceinfo. “Not all elected officials file a complaint. I obviously encourage them to file a complaint”, he added.

The Covid-19 health crisis has triggered numerous threats against elected officials, particularly around the question of compulsory vaccination and parliamentary debates on the vaccination pass.

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The Minister of the Interior hopes “means” from “justice to be able to condemn these people fairly quickly”. Corn “I know that the Keeper of the Seals [Eric Dupond-Moretti] is very attentive to it”, he points out.

“We have around the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, a very strong mobilization and whatever the political sides, whatever the quality of the elected, whether parliamentarian, mayor or municipal councilor. He is unacceptable that in a democracy we can send death threats or burn garages”, he explained.

Gérald Darmanin says he fears “physical attacks”. Corn “fortunately, today, these threats are now only digital or paper. But of course, we fear physical attacks and that’s why we put considerable resources into it”, he said.


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