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The photo shows Macron, flanked by Benalla (left), participating in a campaign visit to Rodez, France. – Reuters photo
PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron, who is trying to curb the scandal most damaging to his presidency, yesterday dismissed a senior security official who was arrested after videos showing a young man at the time. A demonstration The Palace of the Elysee told AFP that Alexander Benalla would be fired after the appearance of "new elements", namely that he would be suspected of 39, illegally received images of police surveillance in order to prove his innocence
. A source close to the investigation also said that three officers, including two senior officials, were also suspended because they were suspected of providing the images to Benalla.
He faces charges of violence by an official, usurping the identity of a police officer the illegal use of police badges, and complicity in the unauthorized use of surveillance footage, said the Paris prosecutor's office
The French daily Le Monde published this week a video taken by smartphone showing Benalla abusing and hitting a protester while he was wearing a police helmet and visor during May 1 demonstration.
In a second video released Thursday, Benalla – who has never been a policeman – is also
Macron's office said earlier this week that he had been given permission "To observe police operations".
A few days after the incident, Benalla was suspended without pay for two weeks and transferred to an administrative role instead of arranging security for Macron's travels
But the incident has not been reported to prosecutors.
Yesterday also, the prosecutors said Vincent Crase, a security assistant for the party Macron Benalla, who also spoke at the demonstration on May 1, was also arrested.
The scandal is accompanied by the fall of Macron's popularity, defying analysts. The hopes of a defeat after the World Cup – with a rate of approval of only 39 percent in a BVA poll carried out Wednesday and Thursday.
The attempted damage follows an outcry from Macron's critics, particularly because the 40-year-old former business banker won the presidency by promising to restore the transparency and integrity of the more high position of the nation.
A few days after the May Day protests, tainted this year by anarchists who clashed with police and attacked shops, Macron tweeted, "Everything will be done so that those responsible are identified and held responsible for their actions."
Yesterday, several newspapers denounced the president's refusal to respond to the scandal, despite the many interrogations of journalists during a visit to the south-west on Thursday. 19659003] "By not immediately managing a disciplinary problem, Emmanuel Macron is now facing a political crisis", writes the right-wing daily Le Figaro – who "
" Without the revelations of the World, it would never have been saw the day, according to the good old principle of "not seen, not caught", he wrote
. have launched their own commission of inquiry, opposition parties asking Friday that government officials answer questions in parliament.
"The very heart of the state has been tainted.Our work must stop immediately and the prime minister must come and explain that," said Christian Jacob of the right-wing Republican party.
Interior Minister Gerard Collomb confirmed Thursday in parliament that Benalla had "no right to intervene". Student protesters on Rue Mouffetard, a picturesque Left Bank street loved by tourists
But in another potentially damaging twist, the BFM news channel reported that Benalla was back this week on a security mission . The winning football team of the World Cup on the Champs Elysees for a victory parade.
The case also prompted unflattering accounts of Benalla's behavior of other officials who worked with him.
Arnaud Montebourg, Former Minister of the Former President The government of François Hollande recalled having dismissed Benalla from his service after only a week because of a "serious professional failure".
He caused an accident by acting as my driver and tried to flee the scene, "Montebourg told Le Monde on Thursday.
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