When we talk about the Quatennens affair, the PS walks on eggshells. Met at the parliamentary days in Rennes, Monday, September 19, some socialists refuse to speak on the case, others to talk about it at the microphone. No question of shooting the ambulance, insists MP Christine Pirès Beaune: “There is no profit, in any case, in shooting anyone in this case”she insists.
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However, Olivier Faure was the first ally of Nupes, the only leader of one of the four formations, to demand the withdrawal of Adrien Quatennens: it was last Saturday, during the Rose Festival, i.e. the eve of the release of the press release in which the national coordinator of La France insoumise recognizes acts of violence against his wife and announces that he is retiring from his duties within the movement.
The Socialist Party takes the lead, it seems, as if to show that it is not subject to the hegemony of the “rebellious”: conversely, all the other members of the Nupes – rebellious, ecologists and communists – keep the silence.
This speech by the Socialists also resembles a commitment: the rule is laid down, according to the deputy Hervé Saulignac. “Olivier Faure’s word was what I personally wanted to hear, he explains. La France insoumise may not have reacted with one voice, it is up to her to draw the conclusions and I am not interfering, I am not interfering. We did what we had to do and they do what they have to do.”
The risk, according to a socialist parliamentarian, would be “falling into the trap of overdoing it” : “We could be seen as those who instrumentalize a dramatic event”, adds the latter. Within the coalition of the left, the Socialist Party prefers to play the card of the sage and the example. “What is certain is that the Socialist Party is exemplarysays Arthur Delaporte, PS deputy of Calvados. When we had candidates for municipal elections who were accused of having lacked rigor on the issue of women’s rights, they were immediately disinvested.
Arthur Delaporte considers that “this culture of exemplarity” should spread “to other organizations”and he even opens the door to the resignation of Adrien Quatennens from his post as deputy. “That’s a decision for him to make.he notes. Legally, he has the right. Afterwards, this is a question that also arises, for example for Damien Abad who had to leave the government, or for others.
“Should a deputy who is accused and for the moment who admits having committed tortious, even criminal acts, have to remain a parliamentarian? I think that the fact of recognizing it must lead him to think about it.
Arthur Delaporte, PS deputy of Calvadosat franceinfo
The subject will be at the heart of the parliamentary return of La France insoumise, which meets at the end of the week at the National Assembly to talk about its strategy within the hemicycle. La France insoumise wants to show that it holds the ramp, except that behind the scenes, the malaise persists with two lines which have been drawn internally since the revelations. On the one hand, that of the leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon who defends his right arm, “his friend” as he says. On the other, those who bit their tongues before the official communication this weekend.
According to information from franceinfo, the publication of the joint press release to welcome Adrien Quatennens’ decision and recall LFI’s commitment to the fight against violence against women has created divisions within the movement. For the moment, the coordinator of insubordinate France has stepped back from his duties within the movement, but for an insubordinate deputy “it will be difficult for him to come back”. Others go even further, within Nupes, and suggest that he resign from his post as deputy. The fall of Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s main dolphin reshuffles the cards internally: who can replace the rebellious leader? “The most likely to take over is eliminated”, analyzes a socialist parliamentarian. According to him, the rebellious no longer have a choice: to survive it will be necessary “open up to the outside”.