Overview

• The third vice president of the National Assembly received an anonymous letter at her Palais Bourbon office on July 11 containing overtly racist and sexist insults.
• Signed by “M. Jourdain,” the letter declared “Une noire n’a rien à faire à ce poste” and claimed decolonialism did not render her legitimate.
• Acting on her behalf, lawyer Chirinne Ardakani lodged the complaint with the Parquet de Paris to hold the unknown author accountable.
• This legal action follows an April complaint by Naïma Moutchou and accompanies a December 10 trial for seven individuals accused of cyberharassing deputy Aly Diouara.
• A surge in hate speech and threats against MPs across party lines has prompted multiple formal complaints and court proceedings in recent years.