Élisabeth Borne called Éric Dupond-Moretti to denounce “behavior that has no place in the hemicycle”

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne called on Wednesday March 8 the Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti, who made arms of honor in the hemicycle of the National Assembly on Tuesday March 7, to tell him that “his behavior had no place in the hemicycle”learned franceinfo from a parliamentary source.

According to the same source, the subject will soon be discussed at the conference of presidents of the National Assembly. According to the recorded videotapes of Éric Dupond-Moretti, viewed by this source, the minister made three arms of honor by pronouncing: “The presumption of innocence”.

The Keeper of the Seals made these gestures after the intervention of the leader of the Republican deputies, Olivier Marleix, who listed convictions, indictments or investigations concerning members of the presidential camp, including the Minister of Justice. Faced with the outcry, Mr. Dupond-Moretti acknowledged and “regret” arms of honour, which according to him were not “not addressed to deputy Marleix”but upon reaching “to the presumption of innocence”.