“I know exactly what I’m talking about when I talk about domestic violence.” very excited, Avro Berge collides with the bronchi of the National Assembly.

With the ratio of 140 against, 113 and 14 abstentions, the MPs of the half-cart on this Tuesday, March 7, rejected the Renaissance bill, which planned to establish inadmissibility of perpetrators of family and intra-family violence. Less than half an hour later, the meeting became intense, even chaotic. After the double hand of honor addressed to Olivier Marlet by the minister Eric Dupont-Moretti, the boss of the Republicans, the rapporteur of the said law, Avro Berge, was interrupted. several times by rebel Daniel Obono and then by another MP who yelled at him to “keep your nerve”. Then Aurora Berge was silent for a moment before repeating in astonishment the sentence that had just been spoken to her.

“No one knows the closeness we can feel”

This instruction, in fact, seemed to particularly anger him. It is clear that after being interrupted several times, the president of the Macronist deputies had difficulty finishing his speech. “I conclude because, Madam President (National Assembly, Yael Brown-Pivet, Editor’s Note), no one knows the intimacy of what we may experience or what we have experienced. I know exactly what I’m talking about when I talk about domestic violence,” he said. Applauded by his band, he nevertheless faced a mostly boisterous audience.

However, Renaissance allies, MoDem and Horizons, for example, deplored the “law of circumstances” or the “dictatorship of emotions”, reportsAFP:. While they announced that they would not oppose the text, the deputies of the Republic of Armenia also voted against it. The bill follows the case of Adrienne Quatenens, who was dropped from the LFI group because of a conviction for domestic violence.

Content of the bill

The bill, not retroactively, aimed to expand the scope of the additional penalty of inadmissibility for convictions of aggravated violence, particularly domestic violence. More specifically, it referred to violence that resulted in less than or equal to eight days of incapacity for work, and was carried out against a minor under 15 years of age, a spouse, a so-called “vulnerable” person, or even racist treatment. motivation.

Accused of “instrumentalization” (particularly by Daniel Obono), the law bearer replied: “I will not hear for a minute that I am not sincere in this struggle. But why don’t you agree to be quiet for a moment? Hear what we have to say?

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