Domestic violence: MPs reject automatic ineligibility

The National Assembly rejected, on Tuesday March 7, a Renaissance bill which intended to impose a sentence of ineligibility on more perpetrators of violence, in particular domestic or intra-family, after the Adrien Quatennens affair

Domestic violence: MPs reject automatic ineligibility

The National Assembly rejected, on Tuesday March 7, a Renaissance bill which intended to impose a sentence of ineligibility on more perpetrators of violence, in particular domestic or intra-family, after the Adrien Quatennens affair. The deputies rejected the text carried by the boss of the majority group, Aurore Bergé, by 140 votes against 113, and 14 abstentions. The session was particularly hectic, after two arms of honor addressed by Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti to the boss of the LR group Olivier Marleix.

The bill, which was not retroactive, "responds to the strong expectations of our fellow citizens", according to Aurore Bergé. She had received the support of Eric Dupond-Moretti. Most of the oppositions came out against it, as did the MoDem and Horizons, yet allies of Renaissance, regretting a "law of circumstance" or a "dictatorship of emotion". The LR deputies, who had initially announced that they would not oppose the text, voted against.

The chairman of the Law Commission, Sacha Houlié (Renaissance), pointed to "little tricks" and considered that "the Assembly has protected itself". Accused of "instrumentalization", Aurore Bergé had assured in session to be "sincere". "I know what I'm talking about when I talk about domestic violence," she assured.