Paris (AFP)
MP Martine Wonner, the only LREM elected to have voted against the government's deconfinement strategy, was excluded from her parliamentary group in the National Assembly on Wednesday, the majority said.
"Martine Wonner, alone in her case, has decided to free herself from the principle of solidarity with the government", while "the deconfinement plan represents a crucial moment for our country", considers the LREM group.
"This vote is part of a long succession of public statements by Martine Wonner expressing her distrust of the government and her criticisms of her health policy. Consequently, after having heard it (by videoconference) today, the office of LREM group, in application of its regulations, has decided to exclude it ", add the" walkers ".
Psychiatrist by profession, the member for Bas-Rhin is in favor of the controversial use of chloroquine in the face of the coronavirus, with her collective Let the doctors prescribe.
She "regretted the absence of any therapeutic strategy", announcing her vote against the government plan on April 28 in the Assembly.
Wednesday, the Alsatian deputy "took note of his exclusion. I am quite detached from all that. I am hands in the grease" of the health crisis, she told AFP, while the LREM deputies "most Liberals only think of economic recovery and exert strong pressure to implement deconfinement, "she said.
"I am going to be unregistered and allow myself a little time to see if I join another group," added this parliamentarian, who was part of the left wing of the majority group.
After his exclusion, LREM and related deputies now have 296 members, compared to 314 at the start of the legislature. The absolute majority is at 289 seats.
This is the fourth exclusion pronounced by the group after those of Sébastien Nadot (vote against the budget), Agnès Thill (for his hostility to PMA for all and remarks deemed "pernicious") and Sabine Thillaye (for a refusal to give up his post at the head of the European Affairs Committee).
About fifteen deputies also left the group voluntarily, because of disagreements on the political line, on the municipal ones, or to contest the use of 49-3 during the examination of the controversial pension reform.
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