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He was responsible for the safety of Emmanuel Macron during the presidential campaign, then was appointed, to the victory of the latter, in charge of mission at the Elysee Palace. Alexandre Benalla still holds this position. According to a video broadcast Wednesday night by Le Monde he appears to hit a protester on May 1 in Paris. After the Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic was informed of the facts, this close collaborator Emmanuel Macron was sanctioned with a layoff of fifteen days. This information published by Le Monde this Wednesday evening on its website have been confirmed by the Elysée to our antenna.
"Look at it!"
On May 1, a hundred or so demonstrators found themselves at the Place de la Contrescarpe, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, for a "militant aperitif". They sit while the CRS are a little further, rue Mouffetard. Soon, the police intervene in a muscular way. A number of videos were then shot, one of which, widely shared since on social networks, was put online by Lemonde.fr this Wednesday evening .
It recognizes Alexandre Benalla: this close collaborator of the President of the Republic, who is of all the displacements of the head of the State, was that day on this small place lined with terraces of cafes, close to the Pantheon. On the video, we see, protected from a policeman's helmet, dressed in a black jacket and a light sweatshirt, evacuate first manu militari a young lady.
He comes back to the picture soon, approaching a group of police gathered around a young man they have already mastered. Alexandre Benalla then seizes the protester by the neck and strikes him several times from behind. We hear: "Stop!" He remains next to the young man kneeling on the ground. He leaves when the videographer shouts: "Look at him, he beat him to the ground". His victim then tries to catch his breath. If Alexandre Benalla refused to comment on these revelations, according to the website of the evening newspaper, Patrick Strzoda, the President of the Republic's chief of staff, confirmed that it was indeed him on the video.
"Alexandre Benalla had warned me two days earlier that he wanted to take part in an intervention with the police headquarters to see how a large demonstration was being organized on the occasion of May 1. He asked me for permission, I gave it to him, but making it clear that he was going there as an observer, "he told the media. However, the next day, a colleague of Patrick Strzoda informs him that the official had been seen participating in operations of "maintenance of order". "I saw the videos, I summoned them the same day, I asked him if it was him," continued Patrick Strzoda.
A "manifestly inappropriate behavior"
During this interview, on May 2, Alexandre Benalla admitted to being the man with the helmet hitting the young individual. Emmanuel Macron is then traveling in Australia . He is warned by his director of cabinet: "If the facts are proven, we must take sanctions," responds the President of the Republic. Patrick Strzoda then signifies to Alexander Benalla his temporary suspension from 4 to 19 May in a letter in which mention is made of "manifestly inappropriate behavior". It is also said to Alexandre Benalla that in case of a new incident, he will lose his functions. Always in charge of mission to the Elysée, this last one occupies now, after reallocation however, of the security of the events taking place within the "Castle".
According to our information, this Wednesday evening, the Elysee did not request an investigation to have a precise sequence of events. There may be other facts that will require going further, says the Presidency of the Republic.
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