Words judged “despicable” and “ashamed”. Asked on the set of CNews about the Quatennens affair on Friday September 23, the deputy La France insoumise Manuel Bompard declared: “I am not minimizing the facts (…), I try to make sense of things: a slap is never acceptable but a slap is not equal to a man who beats his wife every day and a slapping is not equal to a person who is accused of rapes after drugging the people who accuse him”.
“We have to manage on these subjects to have nuance, to have principles that we must respect, and we must take into account the words of those who express themselves on this type of subject”he continued.
Several personalities strongly criticized the words of the elected LFI. First of all, the Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Isabelle Rome, on Twitter : “Abject words that trivialize violence. Words that damage the fight against violence against women. Words that completely discredit you on this subject.”
Despicable words that trivialize violence.
Words that damage the fight against violence against women.
Words that completely discredit you on this subject. https://t.co/4uTo3aEEcN
— Isabelle Rome (@RomeIsabelle) September 23, 2022
“Shut up now! That’s enough !!” abounded in a tweet Marlene Schiappa, who also held this ministerial portfoliojudging that these remarks “do considerable harm to the fight for the protection of women against violence”.
On LCI, EELV deputy Sandrine Rousseau also recalled that“a slap to one’s spouse is a crime”. “That’s what we have to move because all these words are words that minimize actions”she said.
“BUT IT’S NOT POSSIBLE! “was also indignant feminist activist and EELV adviser from Paris Raphaëlle Rémy-Leleu, on Twitter. “What you’ve been talking about with the rebellious comrades for a week is unbearable. Stop talking about the violence. At least stop making us suffer. Find the courage to talk about it with a feminist and at the same time bear your lack of knowledge of the subject, your political complacency, and the pain and anger you generate”she insisted.
On the far right, Julien Odoul (RN) mentioned a “shipwreck”while Gilbert Collard (Reconquest) estimated that “the hierarchy [des faits] is, in itself, unbearable!”.