Violence continues once morest elected officials approving health measures. LREM deputy Romain Grau, as well as an adviser to the Minister of Justice and one of the parliamentarian’s neighbors, were “violently” attacked on Saturday in Perpignan by demonstrators once morest the vaccination pass who “attacked” his office.
“I was working with Guillem Gervilla, parliamentary adviser to Eric Dupond-Moretti, when all of a sudden we heard a horde of people heading towards the office and then banging on the windows,” said Romain Grau, estimating their number at more than 250. “We went out to talk to them and there we were attacked very violently. They clearly wanted to crack us up with some pretty heavy insults.” “One of my neighbors intervened and got slapped. I received a punch on the chin, ”said the deputy.
Violence has no place in public debate.
To those who tried to bully us @RomainGrau and me this followingnoon, you will not win!
In Perpignan, as elsewhere, our commitment to the service of the French is strengthened. pic.twitter.com/h8yyw62kHG– Guillem Gervilla (@GuillemGervilla) January 22, 2022
On a video posted on Twitter by Guillem Gervilla, we see a man screaming “to death” and another shouting “did you vote for the pass? “. “We finally managed to exfiltrate upstairs and they dispersed following breaking a window,” said the minister’s adviser. He also expressed his desire to file a complaint this Sunday.
38,000 demonstrators in France once morest the pass
The prefect of Pyrénées-Orientales Etienne Stoskopf condemned “these unacceptable acts in a democracy”, assuring that “everything will be done to identify their perpetrators”. “Once once more, once too often, an elected representative of the Nation has been attacked on the sidelines of a demonstration. (…). These behaviors are unacceptable and call for unity, ”tweeted the Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer. Eric Dupond-Moretti also “firmly” condemned this attack. According to him, “this violence is also the result of hate speech held by certain irresponsible politicians”.
The Ministry of the Interior counted nearly 38,000 demonstrators across France on Saturday once morest the vaccination pass, two days before it came into force. On Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for “aggravated willful violence” following the January 15 attack on a team of AFP journalists covering an anti-pass rally.