Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti gives the Assembly two hands of honor before apologizing

The National Assembly ignited, Tuesday, March 7, because of a gesture. While elected officials are debating a law to make perpetrators of violence ineligible, the president of the LR group, Olivier Marleix, recalls several cases concerning in particular the Keeper of the Seals, Éric Dupond-Moretti. As the member steps down from the rostrum, the Minister of Justice gives him the arm of honour. Gestures of nervousness which were not filmed but seen by certain elected officials of the hemicycle.

Eric Dupond-Moretti apologizes

Éric Dupond-Moretti suffered an outcry in the Assembly but assumed his gesture without complex. “There is not an arm of honor, there are two but accompanied by words each time. They were not addressed to Mr. Marleix, it is an arm of honor to the presumption of innocence”, he justified himself. These explanations do not pass with the LR deputies and the sessions are repeatedly suspended. Before the Keeper of the Seals does not apologize after 45 minutes. “If my gesture has been misinterpreted, I apologize to him and to all the national representation”, said the member of the government. The debates then resumed but the Dupond-Moretti controversy is not over.