Tweet from Mélenchon: “The leaders should never plead for violence”, castigates Aurore Bergé – Le Figaro

The leader of the Insoumis made reference on Twitter to the French Revolution to evoke their common march of October 16. A tweet and here is the controversy. “On October 5 and 6, 1789, women marched on Versailles against the high cost of living. They bring back the king, the queen and the dauphin by force to Paris under popular control. Do better on October 16, ”said Jean-Luc Mélenchon on social networks. A statement which, even in his camp, is not unanimous. Olivier Faure replied on Twitter: “There, Jean-Luc, you can do better. Provocation is not always the best way to be heard. The first secretary of the Socialist Party continued as follows: “There is no longer either king or queen. We will have neither spade nor pitchfork. Our mobilization will be non-violent and its strength is its message: justice against social disorder. his position”. “When I see the words of Jean-Luc Mélenchon who, in a sort of metaphor with regard to what happened during the French Revolution, considers that we should do better… Do better than get to take the king and queen, what is it? It is the guillotine for the President of the Republic.” The president of the Renaissance group believes that the Insoumis “is not credible to continue to be a politician”. And to add: “Politicians should never plead for violence. When you say you are a republican and a democrat, there are words that you do not have the right to use, otherwise you are not worthy of representing the French people.” SEE ALSO – “Mélenchon can be a curse for the left”