Several left-wing deputies estimated Thursday that the Constitution of the Fifth Republic was no longer democratic enough, regretting “a bad trial” made to Jean-Luc Mélenchon who criticized the “bad Republic” on May 1 and triggered the ire from the presidential camp. “This Constitution does not respect the people and democracy”, estimated on franceinfo the boss of the communists and deputy of the North Fabien Roussel, denouncing “a bad trial” made by the executive to the leader of rebellious France.
Attack of the executive against the leader Insoumis
On Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron accused during the Council of Ministers the latter of doing “the short scale at the National Rally” and Elisabeth Borne of seeking to “undermine the confidence of our fellow citizens in our democracy”. The executive also criticizes the rebellious leader for not having condemned the violence against the police during the May Day demonstrations. “It is a republican point of view defended by Jean-Luc Mélenchon which is expressed in this formula of saying ‘currently we have a bad Constitution, we must move on to a good one'”, estimated for his part the rebellious deputy Alexis Corbière. on Europe 1.
He denounced “political”, “small”, “ridiculous” behavior, including among members of the RN who criticized the former presidential candidate’s use of the word “insurrection”.
“That’s enough the stress relief on Jean-Luc Mélenchon”
“In cadence, the macronists and friends of Madame Le Pen chant ‘you are no longer Republicans because you criticize the Fifth Republic'”, he regretted. “You are Trumpists and Bolsonarists because you say (…) that July 14, national holiday, celebrates a popular insurrection which had destroyed the Bastille”, he was annoyed. Recalling that the creation of a Sixth Republic has been on the program of La France insoumise “for years”, the deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis considered that the current institutions “allow us to govern not only without the people but even against the people”. “A lot of people have already made this criticism without being called anything,” he argued.
“It’s enough to let off steam on Jean-Luc Mélenchon, it’s enough the way the government is trying to look away from its policy”, added the deputy LFI Éric Coquerel on franceinfo. “He spoke of citizen insurrection” and the insurrection according to the philosophers of the Lights “is an integral part of the idea of our Republic”, underlined the elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis.
“Instead of using Jean-Luc Mélenchon as a screen for a policy that is absolutely undemocratic, this government would do better to finally listen to the French and withdraw this law” bringing the legal retirement age to 64 , he developed, recalling in particular that the text had been adopted in the Assembly by 49.3, that is to say without a vote.