she “never uttered any remarks that could fall within this qualification”, affirms her lawyer, Jade Dousselin

“Mathilde Panot never uttered anything that could fall within this qualification,” tells franceinfo Jade Dousselin, the lawyer for the head of the rebellious deputies in the National Assembly. Mathilde Panot announced, Tuesday April 23, her summons by the police for “apology of terrorism” as part of an investigation opened following a press release from the parliamentary group published on October 7, the day of the unprecedented attack carried out by Hamas against Israel.

The lawyer asserts that at this stage they do not yet benefit “specific element” on what he is accused of, which is classic in the context of a free hearing. But Maître Dousselin affirms that “we can already announce that none of his remarks can be classified as a criminal defense of terrorism”. She recalls that it is a “extremely serious offense”.

The leader of the rebellious deputies “could refuse to appear at this free hearing, but that is not the choice she made. She will appear before the courts.” The date is not yet known. It was scheduled for Thursday, April 25 but was postponed to a date which has not yet been set.