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On Friday, the second and last day of his trial, the prosecution requested against the deputy 3 months in prison suspended and 8,000 euros in fines. Penalties much lower than the risk of the leader of the unsubstantial France considered for the incidents which enamelled the search of the seat of the party, last October. This did not prevent Jean-Luc Mélenchon to continue shouting at the political trial.
" The prosecution persecutes me. It's a judicial war that you lead, "growls Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Invited to the bar one last time, the leader of the Insoumis thinks himself in meeting. In a vehement tone, he develops his anti-system rhetoric again. " From the suspended prison, it's a gag that you want to put me ". A kind of sword of Damocles for the MP who knows that the next misbehavior could send him to prison. " It's my job to rebel, " says Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
" Paranoid delusion "
So, he asks the court to relax him to render a service to France, he says, to put a stop to this justice in the service of power.
On the bench of the civil parties, Master Dupont-Moretti observes him, shaking his head. That very morning, during his closing speech, he had questioned the leader of LFI with virulence accusing him of being in a "paranoid delirium". " You will not deceive anyone with your history of political trial, Mr. Mélenchon! You do this for your constituents to compensate for your decline in polls, "the lawyer told him.
Obviously, the strategy works. Thirty rebellious militants who came to support Jean-Luc Mélenchon acclaimed him on leaving the court.