The leader of the Socialists believes that the rebellious deputy “cannot be an interlocutor as he was before” for the PS. Adrien Quatennens was given a 4-month suspended prison sentence for domestic violence.
A firm no. The boss of socialist deputies Boris Vallaud expressed, this Sunday on RTL-Le Figaro-LCI, his opposition to the potential return of LFI deputy Adrien Quatennens to the National Assembly, after the latter was sentenced to four months in prison. suspended sentence for domestic violence.
“It can’t be an interlocutor like before”
“I think it would be a mistake” for Adrien Quatennens to return to the Assembly, said the socialist about the deputy of Nupes.
“It can’t be an interlocutor for us as it was before. It would still be a bit special,” he reiterates.
The rebellious deputy from the North had been “temporarily struck off for four months” of the LFI group at the Assembly, according to the terms of the group’s press release, on December 13th. At issue: his four-month suspended prison sentence for domestic violence.
A potential return Thursday
Almost four months later, Adrien Quatennens will soon have the right, next Thursday, to return to the National Assembly. But this eventuality does not enthuse the leader of the Socialist deputies.
Boris Vallaud affirms that if the situation had concerned an elected member of his party, no return would be possible. “Not only do we no longer belong to the group (socialist in the National Assembly), but we are excluded from the socialist party”, he assures.
However, he then qualifies: “I measure all the difficulty between the legal sanction and the political sanction. In the end, isn’t the best judge the voter himself?”
“I don’t give a lesson, I say what the socialist party would do, what the group would do and what I think about it”, he specifies.
The return of Quatennens subject to a vote
Since his suspension from the National Assembly, the rebellious deputy sat as a non-registered deputy and had changed committee, moving from Social Affairs to Foreign Affairs.
The potential return of Adrien Quatennens next Thursday is normally conditioned by the group, “on the commitment to follow an internship of accountability on violence against women with feminist associations”, according to the press release of December 13, 2022.
The rebellious deputies must also vote for or against his reinstatement in their group in the Assembly.
