CLAIREAUX. LREM deputy Stéphane Claireaux was the victim of an assault in front of his home in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Sunday January 9, 2022, on the sidelines of a demonstration against the health pass. A video was posted on social networks.
Seaweed and various other projectiles launched against a house and its occupant, then on the steps of his home. The video lasts only six short seconds but did not fail to outrage the political class. And for good reason: the person targeted is none other than the deputy for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Stéphane Claireaux. This Walker was the target of dozens of demonstrators opposed to the health pass, Sunday January 9, 2022. On the sidelines of a demonstration of about 500 people, according to The 1st, some participants gathered in front of the home of the resident of the Palais Bourbon, who came out to discuss, in vain, wiping throws of various objects. Stéphane Claireaux received a lot of support from elected officials of all political stripes. An investigation was also opened by the gendarmerie. “It looked like stoning,” said the MP.
The video of Stéphane Claireaux’s assault posted on Twitter
The scene was captured through a short video, broadcast initially on Snapchat, then on Twitter by the Minister of the Sea, Annick Girardin, for whom Stéphane Claireaux was the deputy to the legislative elections of 2017. The minister referred to an “absolutely unacceptable aggression” and “deeply shocking images”. In the process, Annick Girardin assured no “let[er] never anyone flouting democratic life and the values of the Republic “and specifying having” made contact with the prefect so that the republican order is maintained and that the protection of the elected representatives of the territory is better assured “.
The assault on Stéphane Claireaux at his own home during the demonstration against the health pass is absolutely unacceptable. The images are deeply shocking. pic.twitter.com/S4ttQF2WTG
– Annick Girardin (@AnnickGirardin) January 9, 2022
What happened ?
On Sunday January 9, a demonstration was organized in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon by opponents of the health pass, which had not yet been implemented in the territory and which is due to come into force on Wednesday January 12. Some participants went to the home of MP Stéphane Claireaux. The latter recounted the unfolding of the facts to Franceinfo : “I was waiting for the demonstrators so that I could talk to them. There was a car loaded with seaweed, seaweed, and people started throwing me in the face. It looked like stoning. Ma woman came to join me on the front steps of the house. I avoided a pebble which passed close to our face by 5 cm. It was becoming irrational. There was one who tore off the mask I had on the face saying that the virus does not exist. The discussion was impossible. There were insults, invective “.