Macron under pressure, Élysée blamed for "Benalla affair"

French President Emmanuel Macron sank into the quagmire of the "Benalla affair" on Monday, when his Interior Minister and the Paris police chief accuse the Elysee for his management inept scandal, before a parliamentary commission

The crisis occurred because the unofficial head of security of Mr. Macron at the Elysee, Alexander Benalla (26 years), spent his day on May 1 as police officer, with the complicity of friends in the Paris police, beat two unarmed protesters during a street demonstration

Opposition deputies asked Monday that Mr Macron testifies before the commission d & # 39; investigation. They want to know why Mr. Benalla was not dismissed immediately when the Elysee became aware of his actions and why the Elysee did not report the attack to the prosecutor's office, as required by law.

million. Benalla enjoyed a disproportionate authority and privilege age and experience. He had an office at the Élysée, an official car with flashing police lights, and lived at no charge in the Quai Branly building, where the late President François Mitterrand had once kept his mistress and secret daughter.

David Le Bars, Chief of the Union of Senior Police Officers, NPCS, stated that Mr. Benalla had been giving advice to police stations for months and participated in major events, his police radio station main

appearance at the Tour de France on Wednesday. His four closest aides, including the prime minister and the interior minister, met with the president at the Élysée on Sunday evening.

One of them leaked quotes from Mr. Macron to the French media, saying the president had condemned the "shocking and unacceptable behavior" of his former Mr. Safety that there would be "no impunity" and that he Interior Minister Gerard Collomb, head of the police, has washed his hands of the case by telling parliamentarians that "the president's cabinet and the police headquarters had all the necessary badets". information to act. I considered that the events in question were treated at the appropriate level, so I did not pursue it.

Role of Observer

Paris Police Commissioner Michel Delpuech stated that Mr. Benalla had been invited to the protest as an observer. "He was not supposed to take any initiative Mr. Benalla was not under my authority."

M. Macron dismissed Mr. Benalla on July 20. On July 22, Mr. Benalla, a bodyguard for Mr. Macron's political party and three police officers, was indicted which amounts to a charge as part of the May 1 incident.