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The director of law and order at the police headquarters of Paris was auditioned by the commission of laws, after Gérard Collomb and Michel Delpuech.
After Gerard Collomb, Minister of the Interior, and Michel Delpuech, Prefect of Police, it is the turn of Alain Gibelin, Director of Public Order and Traffic at the Paris Police Headquarters, to be auditioned by the National Assembly's Law Commission devoted to the Benalla case, set up for the occasion in the commission of inquiry.
This high-ranking officer, responsible inter alia for the management of law enforcement operations during major events, states in particular that Alexandre Benalla , indicted for striking and mistreating two protesters on May 1 in Paris, "did not have any authorization from the police headquarters" to attend this demonstration, and that 'anc Emmanuel Macron's collaborator was present at meetings during his suspension period
In his introductory remarks, Mr. Gibelin said he had been informed of the presence of Alexandre Benalla on the ground, alongside the forces of the order, at the manifestation of 1 er -May only the day after it, the morning of May 2. Like MM. Collomb and Delpuech, he says he was not aware of his participation in the protest before that. He also says that it was the Chief of Staff of the Directorate of Public Order and Traffic (DOPC), Laurent Simonin, since indicted in this case, who gave permission to Alexandre Benalla
"He himself organized the arrival of Mr. Benalla on the demonstration" he said, stating that he had, a fortnight earlier, personally reminded Alexander Benalla during a meeting, the conditions for authorization of the arrival of an observer to the police – which, according to Mr. Gibelin, includes direct authorization from the police headquarters, which does not has been issued. "Mr. Benalla did not have any authorization to be present as an observer on this demonstration" confirmed Mr. Gibelin.
M. Simonin also allegedly provided the helmet to Mr. Benalla. "I have no idea where the material came from other than this helmet" he added, referring to the armband and police radio worn by Alexandre Benalla.
- CCTV videos offered informally to Mr. Benalla
Alain Gibelin also explains that he was warned of the article of World as soon as it was published on July 18th. The next day, "Commissioner Maxence Creusat came to see me at 1:30 pm, face defeated, explaining that he did in his words" a big bullshit. " He would have moved, according to Mr. Gibelin, to the video surveillance services of the prefecture to verify the presence of a video of the events of 1 and -May – it, according to Mr. Gibelin, "shows the situation in a very general way, without being able to identify very precisely the facts which preoccupy us" .
M. Creusat reported this to Mr. Simonin, then on leave in Normandy. "Laurent Simonin would then have contacted Mr. Benalla to propose to him to communicate this video, to which he had no vocation to access" details Alain Gibelin. These exchanges carried out informally attest, still according to the director of public order and traffic to the police headquarters of Paris, "the unhealthy cronyism" mentioned earlier in the day by the prefect of Paris police, Michel Delpuech, during his hearing before the same commission
"Laurent Simonin thought that all the authorizations had been granted to him, but there is only one which prevails, that of the prefect of police which was not delivered, supported Alain Gibelin, in contradiction with the communiqué transmitted Monday by the defense of Mr. Benalla, in which this one declared having gone to the demonstration [19459008oninvitation "of the DOPC of the Paris Police Prefecture" .
- M. Benalla would have been present at meetings during his period of suspension
Alain Gibelin, somewhat exceeded by some interventions of deputies, noted that there was "a few dozen not to say a few hundred people who could have relayed these facts under Article 40, and which did not do so (…) . Who should shoot first? If this is to blame me, this must be the case for many others.
But what further weakens the official version is the answer given to Marine Le Pen, President of the National Gathering. Mr. Gibelin said indeed to have observed the presence of Alexander Benalla at meetings with his services between May 4 and 19, during which period the suspension of the deputy chief of staff mentioned by the Elysee was in force. "The information of this sanction was never transmitted to us" he
Gérard Collomb was auditioned this morning for more than two hours by the commission of inquiry. He answered the questions of the deputies, referring the responsibility for possible failures to the police prefect and the cabinet of Emmanuel Macron.
The Paris police chief, Michel Delpuech, was then heard in the afternoon . He notably explained that these facts were "the result of unacceptable individual excesses, condemnable, against a backdrop of unhealthy cronyism". Asked about this last formula, Mr. Delpuech committed the responsibility of the Elysee. "The daily relationship of proximity and trust between the police headquarters and the services of the Elysée is a necessity. When we move into a place of proximity to a relationship that loses its purity, we take risks, that's what I wanted to evoke by this expression. »
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