Macron denies legitimacy to anti-government protests

The French President, Emmanuel Macronaffirmed today that the street demonstrations in protest against his pension reform “they do not have legitimacy before the people who express themselves through their deputies”.

In a meeting at the Élysée with deputies from his party, RenaissanceMacron assured that he will not renounce the pension reform that has just been approved by Parliament, as requested by the opposition and the main unions in the country, which maintain the calls for strikes and demonstrations.

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“The revolt cannot be imposed on the representatives of the people”, Macron said, according to some attendees, a few meters from a new spontaneous demonstration that ended with clashes with the forces of order, a constant that has been repeated in the country since last the 16th.

That day, the French government decided to approve the reform without a vote, which faced two motions of no confidence that it surpassed yesterday, Monday, by just nine votes, a narrow margin that gave wings to the opposition and the unions.

The French president, who plans to respond tomorrow, Wednesday, to an interview on the country’s two main television stations, assured that the small margin with which the law was approved does not diminish its legitimacy, as does the procedure chosen, which is included in the Constitution.

Macron assured “hear the anger” of the French after the adoption of a reform that delays two years, until 64, the minimum retirement age and asked their parliamentarians to explain the measure and receive citizens.

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The president assured that they have done everything possible to add more parliamentary support to their reform and, therefore, asked to turn the page.

He affirmed that he has asked the Executive to focus from now on on three main fronts, health, education and ecology.

Source: Elcomercio

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