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After having testified to his illness Monday in the hemicycle, the deputy for Charente-Maritime returns for “Liberation” on his journey. Elected for the first time in 2017, the former museum curator has made his voice heard, including within the Macronist ranks.
There are sometimes, in the midst of bitter and exhausting debates, a few suspended moments. Monday, in the National Assembly, the deputy Raphaël Gérard told the after-effects of the Covid which he will undoubtedly keep “Until the end of his days”. In the midst of the passing of arms between deputies around the examination of the text on the vaccination pass, Raphaël Gérard indulged in a long tirade. “We are talking about a subject that has killed 130,000 people and tens of thousands of people who, like me – and you know what stages I went through – will have to live until the end of their lives. days with the consequences of the Covid ”, began the elected representative of Charente-Maritime. Before giving a more personal turn to him, brandishing the medical equipment he carries over his shoulder. “My freedom, today, you see, it is there, he told his colleagues. It is 30 cm of cable and 3 kg of material that I carry 24 hours a day. “
The macronist’s objective: to confront the real oppositions, on the left as well as on the right, who refuse to vote for the vaccine pass. “Each of your gestures…