LFI MP Andy Kerbrat, caught buying drugs, announces his return to the Assembly

The parliamentarian assured the press that he will sit at the Palais-Bourbon from Tuesday after six months of treatment for his drug addiction.

"On Tuesday, I'm returning to the National Assembly." LFI MP Andy Kerbrat , who was caught buying drugs in October and then temporarily banned from the National Assembly, will return on Tuesday after six months of treatment, he announced in an interview with Presse Océan on Monday, June 23. "I'm returning to my duties after a long six-month break necessary for treatment: hospitalization, medical and social monitoring..." , he said.

"I started using drugs in November 2022, shortly after my mother's death. Just after my election. I didn't know how to deal with this event, nor with the return of the trauma caused by the rape I suffered in my childhood," the elected official explained. For Andy Kerbrat, "there is a taboo on addiction. France has a public health problem and politicians are not facing the issue," while LFI advocates for the legalization of certain drugs under state control.

The MP was temporarily expelled from the National Assembly in May, the most severe sanction provided for by the rules, along with another elected official, former National Assembly member Christine Engrand. They were expelled from the National Assembly for fifteen days (with a ban on taking part in the proceedings) and deprived of half their parliamentary allowance for two months.