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Alexandre Benalla, former badociate of the Elysee, admitted in an interview to the newspaper Le Monde that he had "made a mistake" but had denounced the "desire to reach" the French president Emmanuel Macron
"I think I made a mistake … I should never have attended this event, except as an observer, and I should have stay back, "said Benalla about the badaults of a protester on May 1.
On the other hand, Benalla considers that the" case "in which he is involved serves those who have the # 1 Intention to reach the president of the republic.
"I do not do" theory of conspiracy ", that is the reality, I reserve a reserve on all that happened after May 1, but he (the protester) had initially intended to join the President of the Republic. On this I am sure, "says the former collaborator of the Palace of the Elysee.
According to Benalla, the case revealed by Le Monde on July 18" was intended to "catch" the president of the Republic, I was the easiest point to reach. I am the weakest link "he says
" They tried to reach me, that hit me and it was also the opportunity to reach the president of the Republic, "he added.
" The people who got the information are at an important level … they are politicians and policemen, and I do not think about Collomb (Gérard Collomb, Minister of the Interior), whom I trust. I am nobody, but he is surrounded by people … "he said without specifying.
Since last week, Emmanuel Macron and the Paris Executive are under pressure from the government. "Benallagate" case and several judicial and police cases were instituted and at the political level in both Houses of Parliament: the National Assembly and the Senate.
Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Palais des Elysées, Alexis Kohler, main head of the internal management of the French presidency, denied Thursday the existence of a "parallel police" linked to the head of state. days that the French opposition, regarding "the l & rsquo; "Benalla case" refers to the existence of a "parallel police" of the Elysee Palace.
Kholer made statements to the Senate Committee of Inquiry on Thursday , seeking explanations on former security chief Alexander Benalla, accused of having agreed protesters posing as a police officer.
"There is no" parallel police "in Elisha, we do not employ private guards to protect the head of state," Kholer told the commission.
The secretary general of the Elysées also declared that Benalla was not Macron's "bodyguard" and that he was responsible for the link between the security apparatus and the chief of state. major, in addition to coordinating presidents' travel.
Regarded as "very close" to Emmanuel Macron, told the senators to understand "regarding the facts known since the incident", the 15-day non-prescription sentence decreed in Benalla "may to be insufficient ".
Yet, he insisted that "with the information available at the time of the decision (May 2), the punishment was proportionate".
On Wednesday night, Macron told reporters that the sanction against Benalla, one day after the events, seemed to him "proportionate", otherwise he would have asked the director of the presidential cabinet, Patrick Strzoda, a different disciplinary action.
The appearance of members of Emmanuel Macron's team sparked a political battle between the party of the head of state and the opposition complaining that Kholer and D & K Other elements of the Elysee were banned in the National Assembly [19659002] The Secretary General of the Elysee and the Director of the National Police, Eric Morvan, appeared in the Lower House thanks to the majority that the conservative party (Republican) has in the Senate
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