5/28/2024–|Last updated: 5/28/202410:24 PM (Mecca time)
Today, Tuesday, the French National Assembly (House of Representatives) decided to suspend the membership of a leftist MP for 15 days for waving a Palestinian flag at the assembly’s headquarters, which caused the session’s procedures to be suspended for about an hour, while a number of representatives of the Italian “Five Star” movement waved Palestinian flags during the session. Debate in Parliament on the Middle East.
The representative of the Proud France Party, Sebastien Delogo, waved the flag in support of the Palestinians during a question to the government about the situation in the Gaza Strip, and told reporters, “I waved the Palestinian flag in the General National Assembly, because at the time I am speaking, France is selling weapons and selling components to supply the Israeli army, and there is genocide taking place.” “.
The French MP told local media, “I do not care at all about the ruling that the Assembly President will issue,” adding, “The French state is complicit today in what is happening in Palestine. I and our group are proud of our belonging to the camp of international law.”
Tel Aviv Tribune Net correspondent Hafsa Elmi said that the MP left the hall while raising the victory sign, considering the punishment a “medal” and that what he did was a “personal initiative.”
The association’s president, Yael Bron-Pevih, a representative of the presidential camp, condemned what she described as “unacceptable” behavior. She said, “This cannot be tolerated,” and called for a ruling to be determined in the DeLogue case. The session was suspended and Dilogo, whose salary was cut in half, was excluded for two months.
The regulations on which it was based stipulate the imposition of penalties on any member who “participates in manifestations that disrupt order or provoke unrest.”
Delogo was elected in the 7th district of Bouches-du-Rhône in 2022. He was a salesman, then a security agent and finally a taxi driver, where he participated in the fight against Uber in 2016. After that, he joined the “France Proud” party during the elections. Legislative year 2017.
Delogo is the third MP to receive the maximum penalty since the beginning of the work of the Legislative Council in June 2022. In November 2022, National Front MP Gregoire de Fournas was punished for directing the phrase “Let him return to Africa” to the MP from the “Proud France” party. “Carlos Martins Bilongo.
He also excluded the representative from the “Proud France” party, Thomas Porte, in February 2023, because he published a photo on his account on the “X” platform, in which he appeared placing his foot on a balloon bearing the image of Labor Minister Olivier Dussopte.
During Tuesday’s session, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal was asked about his country’s position on recognizing a Palestinian state, but he evaded and did not answer.
Italian Parliament
In Italy, a number of opposition representatives of the Five Star Movement stood and raised five Palestinian flags and the peace flag while their colleague Riccardo Ricciardi, a member of their group, delivered a speech in which he demanded recognition of the State of Palestine.
While the chairwoman of the session indicated that it is not permissible to “display any symbols whatever they may be,” the representatives quickly handed over the flags without being subjected to any immediate punishment.
These moves came in conjunction with 3 European countries, Spain, Ireland, and Norway, officially recognizing the State of Palestine.