FRENCH Justice Minister, Christiane Taubira, has stepped down from her job, shortly before plans to strip people convicted of terrorism of their citizenship go before parliament.

Taubira was known to disagree with the controversial proposals.

The citizenship plans were put forward after the November 13 Paris attacks in which 130 people were murdered.

“Sometimes staying on is resisting, sometimes resisting means leaving,” she tweeted.

Many of the Islamist militants who carried out attacks in France and have joined the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group have had dual citizenship, and Taubira was among several figures on the left who objected to the government’s proposals because they singled out those with dual nationality.

However, the law went before a parliamentary commission shortly after her resignation yesterday with no reference to dual nationality.

One of France’s few senior black politicians, Taubira, 63, has been replaced by Jean-Jacques Urvoas who is seen as a supporter of the constitutional change and an ally of Prime Minister Manuel Valls.