An investigation was opened after the fire of two vehicles claimed on an anarchist blog which says to have targeted the car of the deputy LREM of Doubs Eric Alauzet but missed its target, we learned Sunday from concordant sources. Allies and political opponents of the elected official, also a municipal candidate in Besançon, immediately denounced an "act of intimidation".
The facts, committed in the night from Friday to Saturday, were explicitly claimed Saturday in a text published on an anarchist blog called "Attack", which says to have "set fire" to the car of the deputy. Two vehicles were set on fire in a parking lot where Eric Alauzet "used to park his car", but the latter was not damaged, the Besançon prosecutor's office told AFP.
An investigation for "damage by fire" was entrusted to the Besançon judicial police who will "dig" the trail of this anarchist blog, "without closing other doors," it was added.
"Insults" and "intimidation"
"We paid a little visit (...) where is the home and the doctor's office of the deputy on the move Eric Alauzet," said a statement released on Saturday on "Attack". "After having successfully entered the parking lot of the condominium, we set fire to his personal car," write the author (s), seeming to be unaware that the act missed its target.
All my solidarity to our colleague @ericalauzet. Acts of violence and intimidation against an elected representative of the Republic are intolerable and must be condemned by all. https://t.co/GkH6K3f5E7
- Richard Ferrand (@RichardFerrand) May 31, 2020"I don't know if they were mistaken or they didn't care: they wanted to intimidate," said Eric Besauon, Eric Alauzet, who was not immediately available. "I am revolted (...) it is a very serious episode after a whole sequence of a year where I suffered insults" and "intimidation", told France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté the deputy, who arrived third at after the first round of municipal elections (18% of the votes), behind the ecologist Anne Vignot (30%) and the LR Ludovic Fagaut (25%).
Convictions of several parties
Sunday, several tenors of the majority supported the deputy of Doubs, condemning the act targeting him. "All my solidarity to our colleague @ ericalauzet," said LREM President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, on Twitter. "The acts of violence and intimidation against an elected representative of the Republic are intolerable and must be condemned by all". “All my dear support @ ericalauzet in the face of this intimidation. It's intolerable, ”tweeted LREM boss Stanislas Guerini. "Nothing justifies such criminal acts," added Jean-Louis Fousseret, the mayor LREM of Besançon.
All my dear support @ericalauzet in the face of this intimidation. It's intolerable.
I know they will never make you give up your engagement. https://t.co/zJjp6NU0a6
Eric Alauzet's opponents in the municipal elections also reacted. "The intimidation of elected officials and candidates has no place in democracy," said Anne Vignot, while Ludovic Fagaut condemned an act "particularly shocking and worrying". The prefect of Doubs, Joël Mathurin, also denounced this "arson" as well as "his claim". "An enhanced vigilance instruction concerning all parliamentarians" was given to the Doubs security forces, he added in a press release.
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