The reasons for the single “no”. On Wednesday, during the third day of consideration of the purchasing power bill, the chamber briefly set aside its disagreements to provide a moment of unity. With 428 votes in favor of 429 they voted in favor of identical amendments that called for the deconjugation of the disabled adult allowance (AAH).
A single dissonant voice interrupted this moment of parliamentary communion: that of the Horizons deputy, Thomas Mesnier.
While the opposition and the majority continue to celebrate their joint victory this Thursday, the Charente parliamentarian maintains a long thread on Twitter to explain his negative vote.
“Last night I voted against the amendment aimed at deconjugating the disabled adult subsidy. I explain myself (…) I will be clear, this is not at all a vote against people with disabilities, against love,” he warns.
“This will benefit the richest people”
“Deconjugalization is an attack against our principles of solidarity”, he affirms among the seven reasons that pushed him to speak out against it.
“Disconjugating the AAH opens the door to the dissociation of other social benefits, the minimum old age, the RSA and others”, predicts Thomas Mesnier. “That is not our model (…) of French-style solidarity, (…) of national, family and conjugal solidarity,” he explains.
The deputy from Édouard Philippe’s party fears a measure that would generate “strong additional spending for our public finances” and that would benefit “the richest people.” Thomas Mesnier denounces an “anti-redistributive” change.
Fairly favorable “to a global review”
The politician, however, says he is “deeply in favor of a comprehensive overhaul of the AAH system and disability-related benefits,” but is more in favor of “dedicated, global structural law and debate.”
“Much more than an amendment written in a few days, voted overnight, in a text dedicated to something else,” he is justified.
If he had voted in favor of this amendment, the deputy believes that it would have contributed to maintaining the confusion between the examination of an “economic text where the AAH deconjugation measure is profoundly structural.
Source: BFM TV
