The deputy was sentenced Tuesday to four months suspended prison sentence for violence against his wife and the repeated sending of SMS.
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The rebellious France deputy (LFI) of the North Adrien Quatennens seems to determine to find the benches of the Assembly. He announced, Wednesday, December 14, that he would return to it “probably in January”, despite his conviction to four months in prison suspended for “violence” committed on his wife and his radiation from the group for a period of four months. Unable to sit on the benches of his political group, the deputy provides for a return “in non-register”, he replied to the journalist during An hour’s interview with BFMTV .
m. Quatennens was tried on Tuesday in Lille as part of an appearance on prior recognition of guilt for acts of domestic violence perpetrated on his partner Céline Quatennens. The elected official was convicted of “violence without incapacity committed by spouse” between October and December 2021, as well as for “regular and malicious dispatch of messages” to his wife, by SMS and Whatsapp, between August and September 2022, said the judge.
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He was suspended in the process by the LFI group for a period of four months, until April 13, his return remaining conditioned on “an accountability internship on violence against women”. A decision that has already caused a stir within the Nuts, several parliamentarians who claimed his resignation from his mandate as a deputy from the North.
“I will respect the collective decision which was taken in a democratic framework (…) which is to ensure that I cannot sit on their benches for a period of four months before reinstating them,” said Mr. . Quatennens. “But yes, my intention is to go back,” he said. “The work in the constituency has not stopped, my parliamentary permanence was opened almost every day of this period. I myself have activity in the constituency,” he said.
“I did not kill anyone, I did not violate anyone, I have no blood on my hands,” he defended himself on the bottom. “I just ask for the proportion and I just want to be able to resume a normal parliamentary activity”.