“I hope that the President of the National Assembly will come out of his silence and his culpable complicity”, launches on Saturday January 8 on franceinfo the deputy La France Insoumise Clémentine Autain. She denounces the refusal of the National Assembly to lift the parliamentary immunity of the deputy of Gironde Benoît Simian (Libertés et Territoires, ex-LREM), referred to the Bordeaux criminal court for harassment on his ex-partner.
“The magistrates asked the National Assembly to rule to lift its parliamentary immunity. I was sitting in the office of the Assembly when the decision was taken, on the sly, with an agenda where it was not clear. J really felt like I was being fooled by the President of the National Assembly and the entire office “, denounces Clémentine Autain.
In December 2020, the office of the National Assembly rejected the request for the waiver of immunity formulated by the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office, considering that Benoît Simian had “always referred” summons to justice and free hearings. “He responds to his summons” continues the member, “but he cannot be taken into custody. However, we know very well that with these cases, police custody is an important moment to intimidate and ensure that the man does not go further . “
“Parliamentary immunity is not meant to protect men who abuse their wives.”
Clémentine Autain, MP La France Insoumiseto franceinfo
“I hope that the President of the National Assembly will come out of his silence and his culpable complicity. When I expressed these words to the Assembly, there was a chilling silence, I did not see anyone take it down and cause to say that it is unacceptable, at the very moment when we said that this violence is unbearable “, launches the member. “At some point, the president of the National Assembly has to bang his fist on the table.”
Contacted by franceinfo, the presidency of the National Assembly explains that “Annie Genevard’s report presented to the Bureau did not contain any evidence of hampered judicial or police work, which would have justified a waiver of immunity.
“Clémentine Autain did not consider it useful either to exercise her faculty of reading the report before the board meeting or to react to the reading of Ms. Genevard’s report as it was proposed during the meeting, or to vote against .
“Justice takes its course freely today as yesterday. The President [de l’Assemblée nationale Richard Ferrand] follows the file “.