Impunity for the relatives of the President of France?

July 21, 2018, 01:36
By Luisa María González

Paris, Jul 21 (PL) Do the relatives of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, enjoy impunity regardless of their actions? These days, journalists, politicians and lawyers are demanding the revelation of the controversial Benalla case.

The information appeared this week, published by the newspaper Le Monde, and immediately occupied the front pages of all the media: a collaborator of the president, employee of the Elysee, joined a team of police on May 1 and beat several protesters.

A video recorded with cell phone leaves no doubt about what happened, because it seems that Alexander Benalla is covered by a police case, at the moment he badaulted very violently two citizens, a man and a woman

Criticisms were immediate, especially when it was learned that the Elysee sanctioned the individual only 15 days of suspension, kept him as an employee and hid the l & # 39; deal with justice.

Assaults by men are intolerable and a criminal offense that requires a term of imprisonment, "said leftist MP Alexis Corbiere, a repeated approach by many politicians and jurists

. If Emmanuel Macron's aides now sneak into the police, disguise themselves as agents, beat the protesters, and all this gives only 15 days of suspension, while it's a very serious offense, then the things go In the last hours, the facts have precipitated: the Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into the case, the National Assembly also appointed a commission to investigate what is wrong. has pbaded, he lamented. and many parliamentarians advocate a motion of censure against the government.

Amid strong political and media pressure, the Elysee Palace finally announced the beginning of the Benalla removal process.

inform the license of the presidential house did not make any reference to the act of violence, and noted that the reason is the possession of a CCTV images of the city of Paris when his position did not give him access to these documents.

In parallel, Friday morning, the individual was arrested to appear before the judicial police.

According to sources close to the investigation, he must now answer for "violence at the meeting by person in charge of a public service mission", "usurpation of the police function", "illegal use a public authority badge "and" complicity in diverting CCTV footage "

Although the required legal process has finally begun to progress, many politicians and badysts believe that it is now too late, because the whole country already knows that the Elysee and other instances of the state and the government have hidden the facts and unduly protected to a collaborator of the President. In this context, everything seems to indicate that the crisis is far from over and that the Banella case could be costly to Macron and his team.

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