Jean-Luc Mélenchon expresses the “stunning”, “empathy” and “compassion” of the “rebellious” | EUROtoday

After greater than twenty-four hours of silence, the chief of La France insoumise (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, expressed on Sunday February 15 the “astonishment”L’” empathy “ and the ” compassion “ of his political motion after the deadly assault on Thursday of Quentin D., a pupil belonging to the nationalist motion in Lyon.

“We express our astonishment, but also our empathy and our compassion for the family, for the loved ones”mentioned Jean-Luc Mélenchon throughout an electoral assembly in Montpellier, recalling having “said dozens of times that [les “insoumis” étaient] hostile and against violence”. “All the stories that were made in the hours that followed have no relation to reality”he added, reaffirming: “It is we who are attacked, meeting after meeting. »

Earlier in the day, the Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, declared that “it’s the ultra-left who clearly killed” Quentin D., denouncing a “complacency of La France insoumise (…) for political violence ».

“It’s us who are being attacked”

According to the id collective Némésis, near the far proper, Quentin was attacked Thursday night by anti-fascist activists, whereas he was a part of the safety service liable for guaranteeing the safety of his activists, who have been demonstrating in opposition to a convention by MEP (LFI) Rima Hassan at Sciences Po Lyon.

But for the “rebellious” chief, “all the stories that were made in the hours that followed have no relation to reality”. “It is we who are attacked, meeting after meeting”he protested.

“Everything was rigged, arranged to make people believe in a sort of expedition by the “rebellious” safety service to trace down a poor unlucky individual”he mentioned once more, affirming that “everything happened somewhere other than where Rima and the “rebellious” safety forces have been situated”. “We have nothing to do with this story and those who accuse us. They are slanderers! »he proclaimed.

According to the Lyon public prosecutor’s office, “several significant testimonies” have been collected by the police within the investigation into the assault on the younger activist and the Lyon prosecutor will maintain a press briefing on Monday at 3 p.m.