By SudOuest.fr with AFP
Prime Minister Jean Castex denounced Tuesday as “unacceptable violence” the increase in attacks and death threats against elected officials before the debate in the National Assembly on the vaccination pass, promising to punish these “despicable acts”.
“As regards the depositaries of public authority, the depositaries of universal suffrage, then recourse to violence is democracy, the republican pact that it comes to threaten”, affirmed Mr. Castex, in response to a question from LREM deputy for Oise Pascal Bois, whose garage was burnt down last week.
“Not responsible”
The Prime Minister also rebelled against the “political coup” of the LR deputies, who voted Monday evening for the suspension of the examination in the Assembly of the vaccination pass, deeming their attitude “not responsible”. “The virus gallops and you pull on the hand brake,” lamented Jean Castex at the opening of the questioning session to the government.
“What do our fellow citizens think of these jokes, do you think they enhance the public debate? What do our committed caregivers think, who don’t stop at midnight? “, Again launched the head of government under the jeers of the benches of the right. “I do not understand any more that after a certain number of officials of your party have spoken out for the vaccination pass, that last night 32 deputies voted against”, creaked Mr. Castex again.
Work will resume this Tuesday evening.