US Edition"Politically scandalous": LFI MEP Rima Hassan's vote against Boualem Sansal's request for release sparks controversy
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Hassan votes against resolution for the release of Boualem Sansal, Retailleau calls her an "ally of the Algerian regime" Source
On Thursday 23 January, the European Parliament largely adopted, with 533 votes in favour, a resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Boualem Sansal. However, none of the members of La France Insoumise present voted in favor of the text. While some, including Manon Aubry, abstained, others, including the pro-Palestinian activist Rima Hassan, voted against it. This opposition from LFI MEPs aroused an uproar in the politic…
By abstaining or voting against a European Parliament resolution calling for the release of the Franco-Algerian writer, La France Insoumise, so quick to denounce the “betrayals” of others, has just committed one.
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted by a large majority a resolution calling for the release of the Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, but the LFI delegation, including Rima Hassan, did not vote Source
Rima Hassan, who is particularly targeted, explained her opposition to the text by affirming in particular “to oppose the instrumentalization that is being made” of the case of the Franco-Algerian writer by the right and the extreme right in the already stormy relationships between France and Algeria.
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE - The vote of Rima Hassan in the European Parliament against a resolution calling for the release of the writer highlights the hypocrisy and the danger of the elected LFI, believes Noémie Halioua, journalist and member of the committee supporting Boualem Sansal, in an open letter.
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