As verbal and physical attacks against local elected officials increase, the National Assembly began examining a series of measures to better protect them on Tuesday 6 February.
A text was therefore presented that tightens the sanctions for violence against elected officials, aligning them with those provided for in the case of violence against police officers. They can then go imprisonment of up to seven years and fine of up to 100,000 euros in case of incapacity for work for more than eight days.
Election candidates are also protected by this bill
The text also provides for the creation of a community service penalty in case of public insult or contempt towards elected officials. For these insults but also for the public defamation, the bill provides for an extension of the statute of limitations, which goes from three months to one year. This means the victim must already be an elected official or candidate.
The senatorial text, supported in broad terms by the government, is “ the first act of commitment and recognition of the national representation towards local elected officials », his rapporteur Rinascimento, the deputy, rejoiced Violette Spilleboutwho confronted ” the threat to distribute pornographic photos » during the last municipal campaign in Lille.
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