The President of the National Assembly asked his deputies to stop publishing photos of empty seats

During recent parliamentary debates, many elected officials published photos of other groups defunct, to accuse them of not taking their duties seriously.

Proper pruning. The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, asked his deputies to stop publishing photos of their political opponents’ seats on the hemicycle when they are empty, so that they are not vandalized. “stigmatization”. During recent parliamentary debates, many elected officials published photos of other groups defunct, to accuse them of not taking their duties seriously.

“We have all noticed, in recent months, the increasing distribution of photographs taken for political purposes, aimed in particular at stigmatizing absence from certain benches”wrote Yaël Braun-Pivet in a letter written last week, and consulted on Wednesday 19 November by AFP. “Such behavior is a source of tension in the DPR and is very detrimental to the image of the institution”continued President of the Assembly Macronis.

He also ordered 577 elected people’s representatives to do this “refrain” from “unwittingly photographing members of parliament or people present in the gallery with the aim of using the image publicly, in particular on social networks”. Two weeks ago, controversy arose after deputy RN Julien Odoul published a photo of X schoolgirl wearing a veil on the hemicycle stand at the Palais Bourbon.