Date: 25.07.2018 01:05 Uhr

] A French bodyguard The president reportedly beat demonstrators, the Paris prosecutor's office is investigating him. Now Macron commented on the case in front of party colleagues for the first time

French President Emmanuel Macron took full responsibility in the case surrounding his former security colleague Alexander Benalla, who was accused of being a member of the party. violent aggression. This was announced by two Macron En Marche Party members via Twitter. Macron said Tuesday before the ministers and colleagues of the party

"The only responsible is me, come and get me," he said, according to a tweet from the spokesman of the fraction Aurore Bergé. Benalla's behavior "was a betrayal for me."

The joke video of "The World" caused outrage

It was Macron's first statement on the case since his release six days ago that caused the outcry. Among other things, the opposition of Macron has been asking for days the explanation of the behavior of his former bodyguard, which he dismissed last Friday.

The newspaper "Le Monde" had posted a video of a demonstration on May 1, on which Benalla first harbaded a woman brutally during a protest and then hit a young man who was in trouble. another person in plain clothes tore

Benalla is not himself a policeman, but wears a police helmet and a police armband. The judiciary has since indicted Benalla. In Parliament, there should be an investigation into why he was not released immediately in May.

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