“I prefer to withdraw my tweet and avoid any unnecessary controversy,” said the rebellious MP for Seine-Saint-Denis.
In a tweet since deleted, the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis Clémentine Autain (LFI) commented this Friday on the cancellation by the Constitutional Council of the election of deputy Meyer Habib, writing the interjection “Mazel Tov!”, an exclamation that can express congratulations in Hebrew.
A remark that sparked indignant responses on the social network, before the tweet was deleted.
Meyer Habib was, until the cancellation of his election by the Constitutional Council, elected in the 8th constituency of French people living outside France, which includes Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Saint -Marin, the Holy See and Turkey.
“My remark struck”
“My remarks offended some of you in good faith. I prefer to withdraw my tweet and avoid any unnecessary controversy,” said the MP in stride, in a new tweet.
In 2020, Clémentine Autain and Meyer Habib had already opposed each other, on the benches of the hemicycle this time. The rebellious member had accused her political opponent of having made sexist remarks. In a tweethe had written #ACauseDesPetitesConnes to comment on a video of the MP.
The election of Meyer Habib was canceled by the Constitutional Council on Friday after finding acts “which are of particular gravity”. The sages criticize the candidate’s team for having “offered voters to vote on the Internet in their place using their identifiers and passwords”.
