LFI MP Rachel Keke brandished a Palestinian flag within the chamber this Tuesday, inflicting a suspension of the session.
LFI MP Rachel Keke brandished a Palestinian flag this Tuesday, June 4 on the Nationwide Meeting, reproducing the gesture of her colleague Sébastien Delogu per week in the past. The session was then suspended for a couple of minutes earlier than resuming.
The President of the Nationwide Meeting, Yaël Braun-Pivet, issued a “name to order with entry within the minutes” in opposition to Rachel Keke and introduced {that a} bureau can be convened “later” to resolve whether or not or not the penalty will likely be elevated.
“My colleague Sébastien Delogu was maybe on the unsuitable aspect of the rules however on the best aspect of historical past,” the MP later wrote on the social community X.
A private initiative
In response to an LFI deputy to BFMTV, Rachel Keke’s gesture is “a solitary act”. “The group had solely determined to show a big Palestinian flag on our benches and in silence in essentially the most respectful approach potential of the principles of the meeting,” he added.
Rebellious collaborators, who wore keffiyehs, additionally declare to have been evacuated from the “sacred perimeter” – an area close to the assembly room reserved for elected officers and workers of the Nationwide Meeting – by bailiffs on the request of Yaël Braun-Pivet.
On the opening of the debates, environmentalist, communist and rebellious deputies offered themselves wearing black, crimson, white and inexperiencedthe colours of the Palestinian flag, to indicate their assist for this folks.
Final week, LFI MP Sébastien Delogu brandished a Palestinian flag throughout inquiries to the federal government, which led to his exclusion for 15 days, the utmost sanction.
The deputies of France Insoumise are demanding the popularity of a Palestinian state, which should not be executed “beneath the affect of emotion” based on Emmanuel Macron.