LREM MP Sira Sylla in Paris on June 21, 2017 – Thomas SAMSON / AFP
“Help the French; Not Africans ”; “Think of our jobs not in the diaspora”. The deputy LREM of Seine-Maritime Sira Sylla was focused by an motion of identitarians who denounced his invoice for a tax exemption for cash transfers to Africa. On her Twitter account, the elected official posted a photograph exhibiting 5 demonstrators claiming to be Identification Technology in entrance of her workplace in Grand-Quevilly,
“You’ll by no means attain me. I’m very pleased with the work that I’ve carried out with conviction as a Member of the French Republic for 3 years, significantly for my constituency and the Africa-France relationship. Extra decided than ever! », Reacted Sira Sylla, eliciting very many assist.
You’ll by no means attain me. I’m very pleased with the work that I’ve carried out with conviction as a Member of the French Republic for three years, significantly for my constituency and the Africa-France relationship. Extra decided than ever! 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/v76n5zqrB4
– Sira SYLLA (@ sirasylla76) July 25, 2020
A regulation proposal in query
The identities focused the latest declarations of Sira Sylla who, in mid-July, launched to the Nationwide Meeting, together with different LREM deputies, a invoice on “bi-banking”, for a partial and short-term tax exemption of the prices of cash switch, significantly to Africa and the international locations of the South, within the face of the financial penalties of Covid-19.
Prime Minister Jean Castex reacted strongly on Twitter: “The outrageous assaults in opposition to Sira Sylla name for unanimous and unambiguous condemnation: I instructed him my assist and the solidarity of the entire Authorities. Within the face of hatred, the Republic should unite and act. “
“The Republic will not give in to hate ideology”
Gérald Darmanin condemned “with the greatest firmness the despicable behavior of which Sira Sylla was a victim”. “I give him my full support. The Republic will not give in to the hate ideology of these small extremist groups, ”the Minister of the Inside reacted in a tweet.
The MP, citing figures from the World Financial institution, sounded the alarm in early July, saying that the drop in remittances to Africa, that are already the topic of a heavy fee, might attain 20 % due to the Covid-19 disaster. She judged this drop “dramatic not only for the families who remained in the country, but also more generally for the development of the countries of the South which is partly fueled by these transfers”, in an interview with Parisian.
