The remarks raised the indignation of the deputy of Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) Sandrine Rousseau. The elected representative of Paris asked, Wednesday August 3, that his colleague Aurélien Pradié (Les Républicains, LR) apologize and be sanctioned for “homophobia” which he would have shown Tuesday in the Hemicycle, during a speech on monkeypox.
Facts, according to the National Assembly session report, took place during questions to the government. Mme Rousseau spoke about the disease – which mainly affects men who have sex with men – by mentioning ” shame ” that the name given to him could arouse in patients.
Aurélien Pradié then commented on the statement by declaring ” It is especially a shame for the monkeys”, according to the transcript of the session posted online by the Palais-Bourbon. On Wednesday, the member raised a point of order on behalf of “discipline, immunity and ethics”. During the final debate on the Purchasing Power Bill on Wednesday, she also asked ” that there is a public apology and that the case be studied in the conference of presidents so that a sanction is taken under the manifest homophobia of this remark “.
Reminder of the rules: @sandrousseau requests a sanction against @AurelienPradie (LR) because of “homoph… https://t.co/Q97w4gUEMr
Aurélien Pradié denies any homophobic remarks
MP LR reacted on Twitter claiming that he “will fight[t] always against homophobia and all forms of discrimination. “To imagine for a single second that I wanted to say such a thing is sickening. To those who believed it and were hurt, I say my deep sadness.he continued, assuring that “the respect of all was [sa] vie ».
Sandrine Rousseau went to a vaccination center in the Paris region on Monday. She co-signed, with other political figures, association representatives and citizens, a forum published the next day. in the HuffPost to request the creation of a Senate commission of inquiry into the government’s action in the fight against monkeypox.
The current wave, of which Europe is the epicenter, mainly affects men who have sex with men, relatively young and living mainly in cities, according to the World Health Organization. On the front line facing the disease, the LGBT + community plays the role of whistleblower and asks the public authorities to hurry up.