However, the sanction will not erase the “stain that has been committed” in the National Assembly, according to the deputy for Paris.
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“We consider to rebellious France that what had to be done has been done”judge the deputy of Paris Danièle Obono on franceinfo Saturday, November 5, the day after the sanction taken by the National Assembly against the deputy National Rally Grégoire de Fournas.
Thursday, November 3, the deputy of the 5th constituency of Gironde launched in the hemicycle of the National Assembly “that he (s) return (s) to Africa” while the deputy La France insoumise Carlos Martens Bilongo challenged the executive on its migration policy. The next day, Friday November 5, the National Assembly excluded the parliamentarian from the National Rally for two weeks and reduced his parliamentary allowance by half for two months, in accordance with the proposal of the office of the Assembly. This is the maximum penalty. Grégoire de Fournas was sanctioned for “manifestation disturbing order or causing a tumultuous scene”.
Exclusion of the RN deputy author of racist remarks in the Assembly: LFI deputy Danièle Obono underlines the exceptional nature of the sanction and “the need to send a clear message” pic.twitter.com/YbFOI0ZSFs
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“I think that the level of the sanction sends the signal that was necessary, to consider that this type of remark is unacceptable in the National Assembly and even more beyond”says Danièle Obono. “Although this sanction, I believe, will not wash away what I consider to be a defilement that has been committed and a serious act”details the member of the 17th district of Paris.
Is the incident closed? “We consider that what should be done has been done (…) but that will not wash away what I consider to be a stain”, answers Danièle Obono pic.twitter.com/dhYJVFrqQB
— franceinfo (@franceinfo) November 5, 2022
An act all the more serious according to the rebellious deputy knowing that Carlos Martens Bilongo had brought bourbon to the Palace “of the children of his constituency”.
In August 2020, MP Danièle Obono was portrayed as a slave in a story published in the magazine Current values. The weekly was sentenced in September 2021 for “public insult towards an individual because of his origin”.