Escort is not my lover: Emmanuel Macron [Internacional] – 27/07/2018

INFOBAE | France.- French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday dismissed the scandal involving one of his closest aides, filmed beating protesters, saying that a "storm in a glbad of water" was "water" had been created, but the criticisms against him did not seem to dissipate.

"I think a storm was made in a glbad of water," Macron said. In addition, the president faced reporters. "You said a lot of nonsense in recent days about so-called salaries, privileges, all that is wrong," he told them.

In this sense, at a meeting with his cabinet, he sarcastically expresses: "Alexander Benalla has never had He has never occupied a 300 meter flat, n 39; never had a salary of 10 thousand euros, Alexandre Benalla has never been my lover. "

The collaborator in question, who wore a helmet and a police bracelet on the images, was suspended 15 days unpaid, but after the press unveiled the case, he was fired and charged by the justice system for violence and usurpation of public office.

The opposition, which described this case as a "state scandal," estimates that Macron attempted to cover Benalla, who was his bodyguard during the 2017 presidential campaign and who became more late one of the pillars of the security apparatus of the head of state.

Presidential officials were aware of the incident during workers' day, but refrained from informing the court as required by law.

Conservative opposition group Republicans (LR) said they filed a motion for censorship against the government, which should be put to a vote on Tuesday. This motion seems unlikely to succeed, with a large majority of MPs supporting Emmanuel Macron.

The Republican leader, Christian Jacob, who, like many other opponents, accused Macron of showing arrogance in his explanations, accused the president of having "monarchical inclinations" "

Opposition lawmakers repeatedly asked Macron to address the nation. After six days of an airtight silence, the president referred to the issue Tuesday night, but he did it in an act that brought together only members of his party, and without access to the press.

I am the person responsible for this case, "he said, describing Benalla's actions as" a disappointment and betrayal.

"If they want a responsible person, this one is in front of you, let them come pick her up. "He said provocateur

In his first direct statements, Benalla admitted Thursday that he had" made a mistake ", but denounced that the people who discovered this scandal seek to" harm "the president [19659010"IhavethefeelingtohaveIshouldneverhaveattendedthiseventasanobserverandIshouldhavehadtostayonthesidelines"hesaidsaidthe26-year-oldwhoaccompaniedthepresidentonseveralofhistravelsofficiatingandprivate

"I suppose the facts, I'm not in the theory of intrigue", he said, but "about what happened next, I have doubts, there was a desire to harm the President of the Republic in the first place, there is no doubt. "

According to Benalla," the people who discovered this case are very high level, politicians and the police. "