A few days ago, the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins resigned after the fire in his home. The elected official had been facing threats for several months because of his support for a reception center project for migrants in the town. According to her, he found himself “alone” in the face of the threats, believing that Elisabeth Borne “was slow to react” and “did not react”.
“I propose that we make a toll-free number for elected officials too, it’s ridiculous!” Guest of BFM Politique this Sunday, MP Nupes and EELV Sandrine Rousseau was skeptical of the government’s initiative to create a center for analysis and the fight against violence against elected officials.
“We know the threats, we don’t need to have a center for study or struggle. We need to have a mobilization of the state that protects elected officials,” she said.
A few days ago, Yannick Morez, the mayor of Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, announced his resignation due to the fire in his home. For several months, the elected official had been facing threats because of his support for a reception center project for migrants in the town.
According to the elected ecologist, Yannick Morez found himself “alone” in the face of the threats, believing that Elisabeth Borne “was slow to react” and “did not react”. “This mayor was doing a work of public utility, it was a project to welcome very vulnerable people. Did a minister support him? Did a minister come on the spot? Was there a political sign of state support for the approach he had? “, she wondered on our set.
Three convictions “for death threats or rape”
Faced with the threats she says she receives daily, Sandrine Rousseau claims to have never benefited from protection, despite a file sent to Gérald Darmanin’s office. She claims to have obtained “three convictions of people for death threats or rape”. “I was answered with an introductory letter that said: ‘Move on, there’s nothing to see!’ I did not even have an interview with someone from the intelligence services telling me what the nature of the threat was or not,” she continued.
However, the EELV deputy for the 9th arrondissement of Paris indicates that she faces cyberbullying at the slightest tweet, and receives threats in the form of “letters to the Assembly, emails, messages in social network messaging”.
Before adding: “All means are used. I do not systematically file a complaint, otherwise I would spend my life at the police station. But I will file a complaint in times that are more tense than others.”
“What surprises me is that I make threatened people. Why don’t I have an appointment with a person who does not deal with questions of threats? To explain to me the nature of the threats that concern me, where I should be careful, how I should behave in the public space”, she concluded.
