In the context of the expansion of the health pass, threats targeting elected officials and parliamentarians are increasing. A danger taken very seriously by the authorities, according to information from CNEWS.
Several deputies have notably expressed threats received after showing their support for the health measures announced by Emmanuel Macron last Monday. Last Wednesday, the LREM deputy of Hérault announced to file a complaint after receiving a death threat against the background of anti-vaccine speech.
Today 2:25 p.m., I receive a very disturbing death threat (by firearm), on this day of #FeteNationale.
A message of great violence but which does not intimidate me. I will file a complaint tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/E2ZESr9ics
– Patricia MIRALLÈS # Vaccinated (@MIRALLESMP) July 14, 2021
“Tell the other deputies to vote well because from now on, it is real bullets that you will take (I am armed), be careful where you go. You will never inject us with the vaccine, ”we could read in a message shared on the parliamentarian’s Twitter account. Other elected officials say they have received the same type of threat.
Richard Ferrand files a complaint
In reaction, the President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand decided Thursday to seize the public prosecutor of Paris, “so that the authors of these antidemocratic acts answer in front of the justice”. “It cannot be tolerated that a representative of the nation may be the subject of attempts at intimidation,” he continued in a statement published on the Twitter account of the National Assembly. The next day, Richard Ferrand’s office was invaded by anti-vaccines.
Following death threats against deputies, the President @RichardFerrand decided to seize the Public Prosecutor. “It cannot be tolerated that a representative of the Nation may be the object of attempted intimidation.”#DirectAN
His press release pic.twitter.com/GzFzlUd9yI
– National Assembly (@AssembleeNat) July 15, 2021
Threats taken seriously by the government
In a letter sent to the prefects, the director of the national police and the director of the national gendarmerie that the editorial staff of CNEWS obtained, the Minister of the Interior reports that “actions, sometimes violent, were also carried out on the hotlines and against parliamentary assistants ”.
Gérald Darmanin asks the security forces to “reassure elected officials, prevent these acts and react quickly in the event of an event”. He calls in particular for increased surveillance “around the offices of parliamentarians” and their homes.
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