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The Chief of Staff of French President Emmanuel Macron, appeared on Tuesday before the parliamentary commission investigating the attack on protesters by a chief of security of the presidency a case that plunged the government into its worst political crisis.
Patrick Strzoda appeared, as he did yesterday, the Minister of the Interior and the Paris police chief, to answer who authorized Alexander Benalla to attend the operations of police at the May Day demonstrations and who provided him with the helmet and police armband he wore .
He must also give an account of the sanction initially taken against Macron's confidant -15 days without pay-, considered too light by the opposition and the reasons why the court was not informed. of aggression, as stipulated by law.
"It's a first step," said Eric Coquerel, a member of the radical left party, France Insumisa, whose movement is asking President Macron to appear before this committee.
Benalla, who was filmed attacking two Protesters to disperse a protest on a Parisian square, said Monday through the intermediary of his lawyers that he wanted to "lend a hand to the police Against "two particularly virulent individuals" guardamacron "src =" data: image / png; base64, iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAIAAAABCAQAAABeK7cBAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkAAIAAAoAAv / lxKUAAAAASUVORK5CYII = "style =" display: inline; "data-original =" / files / article_content / uploads / 2018 /07/24/5b5744fcb3108.jpeg"/>
The French President, Emmanuel Macron (c), with his Chief of Security, Alexandre Benalla (i), during a visit to the International Agricultural Fair of Paris, France, March 1, 2017.
