Guest from Europe 1, Marine Le Pen’s spokesperson for the 2022 presidential election Sébastien Chenu explained that his party would not apply the gauges for public gatherings set on Monday by Prime Minister Jean Castex to curb the pandemic of Covid-19.
The National Rally has constitutional law on its own and intends to apply it. Guest of Europe 1 on Wednesday morning, Marine Le Pen’s spokesperson for the 2022 presidential election Sébastien Chenu declared that his party would not respect the gauges established on Monday for public events – 2,000 indoors, 5,000 outdoors. “The Constitution allows, until proof to the contrary, political meetings and meetings to be held without limitation”, declared the deputy of the North, who specified that his party would take measures to respect the gestures of barriers and the distance physical. Sébastien Chenu then took the example of the Indochina test concert. “I remember the Indochina concert, in which the whole audience tested themselves and wore the mask, and there was no problem. And today, we are re-establishing gauges which, quite simply, will create financial problems, ”he explained. This test concert dates back to last spring, well before the emergence of the much more transmissible Omicron variant.
On several occasions, the Constitutional Council recalled the exception of political meetings to any measure of restrictions related to Covid-19. Prime Minister Jean Castex also specified on Monday that the gauges “did not concern political meetings”.
LREM will apply the gauges
However, in the wake of Prime Minister Jean Castex’s announcements, the majority party explained Tuesday that it will be necessary to respect the gauges set to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. “I will participate under LaREM in the commission convened by the Minister of the Interior on the organization of the presidential election. But it goes without saying that we will apply the gauges decided upon for all events, ”confirmed its delegate general Stanislas Guerini, also on Twitter, less than four months before the presidential election. “Any meeting organizer must be careful, who would be a candidate who would like to reach the supreme office and who would not be able to protect the people who are with him present?”, Asked Tuesday on Franceinfo Thierry Solère, deputy LREM and political advisor to Emmanuel Macron, while acknowledging “that there will probably be fewer French people in public meetings at the time of Covid than without Covid.”
On December 6, Valérie Pécresse, candidate for the Republicans, indicated on France Inter that she wanted to prioritize the protection of the health of her activists. “I would be a responsible President of the Republic and therefore I start by having a responsible campaign. Unfortunately, it was heartbreaking (…) There was a real desire for this meeting next week. Unfortunately, I cannot take this risk with the health of our supporters, ”she said. “It is not a show of force to infect French people. There will not be a huge meeting, ”she insisted.
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