Yaël Braun-Pivet says she is in favor of the establishment of a “real elected status”, in the letter she addressed to the President of the Republic, in response to the letter he sent to the heads of party and assembly presidents after meeting them on August 30 in Saint-Denis.
“I believe that the attractiveness of public life is a democratic priority and that as such the establishment of a real status for elected officials is necessary,” said the President of the National Assembly, in this letter dated September 11 and of which Agence France-Presse obtained a copy.
She refers to the parliamentary work that could have been carried out, in particular the report on the evaluation of the impact of the organic law and the law of September 15, 2017 for confidence in political life of which she was co-rapporteur with Philippe Gosselin in 2021. A mission was also entrusted to deputies Sébastien Jumel (PCF) and Violette Spillebout (Renaissance) relating to the status of elected officials and the fight against violence against elected officials, she recalls.
Yaël Braun-Pivet will propose to the group presidents of the Assembly to resume the institutional work launched in the spring and interrupted by the battle over pension reform. She reiterates that she is in favor of the establishment of a dose of proportionality in the legislative elections, a “priority subject, capable of being supported both by [the] majority and by several opposition groups”, and recalls that It is for the organization of one or more referendums, for example on the creation of a universal national service or the end of life.
These two themes do not require constitutionally modifying the use of referendum (article 11 of the Constitution), a measure suggested by the Head of State and on the merits of which Yaël Braun-Pivet does not comment.
Emmanuel Macron brought together party leaders and assembly presidents in what he called a “major political initiative”. The aim being to propose legislative texts or to pave the way for referendums in order to overcome the blockages linked to the absence of an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
