“We do not really see what it can be used for”, estimates André Chassaigne, PCF deputy

“We don’t really see what it can be used for”estimated Thursday March 30 on franceinfo André Chassaigne, PCF deputy, president of the group, the Democratic and Republican Left (GDR) in the National Assembly, while the PCF and La France insoumise announced Thursday that they would not go at Matignon next week where Elisabeth Borne wanted to receive them. The Prime Minister had announced her intention to invite all the political forces to “appease the country” divided by the pension reform, but the PCF and La France insoumise decided to boycott this meeting.

“She has mocked Parliament enough by using successive articles which are the most regressive of our Constitution”protests André Chassaigne who points “contempt” of the government, “the refusal to go back on a decision that was made even before we discussed”, the fact of “disregard the anger rising in the country”. According to the MP, these are “sufficient reasons not to go and meet the Prime Minister”.

You have to “ask to meet the President of the Republic”

He reiterates his demand for the withdrawal of the pension reform: “We won’t give up”. Rather than meeting Elisabeth Borne, he suggested to other left-wing groups in the Senate and the National Assembly to “form a procession next Tuesday and go towards the Élysée” and of “ask to meet the President of the Republic”. The elected officials intend to send him a letter to repeat “everything we could say about the outrageous method that was used to get the Bill passed without a vote in Parliament” and him “say again to withdraw this bill”.

André Chassaigne explains this decision by the fact that “in this country, there is a crushing of Parliament and it is the President of the Republic who decides everything”. “I don’t see why we would go see the mechanics, when he’s the engineer”he concludes.