the pressure rises for Gérard Collomb

After more than 24 hours of intense controversy, the Elysee ended up announcing the dismissal of Alexander Benalla, collaborator of the presidency filmed striking demonstrators on 1 ^and last May. While details emerge on suspensive suspensions against police suspected of having transmitted video surveillance footage to the Elysée, the Minister of the Interior, Gérard Collomb, is in the crosshairs opposition. The former mayor of Lyon has said he "strongly condemns" the "actions" of these three senior officers of the police headquarters. "The Paris prosecutor's office and the Inspectorate General of the National Police have been seized to shed light on these facts," the ministry said in a statement. Statements that occur after multiple attacks, including from the left.

The deputy and first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, did not rule Friday that Gerard Collomb should leave office, "depending on the answers" he will give on the Benalla affair. "What happened? Why did he try to minimize his responsibility? What did he really know? What did he say at the Elysée? What are the instructions that were passed to him? Why did the police officers surrounding Mr. Benalla on May 1st not intervene? What was Benalla's power? ", Pointed out the Socialist. "Depending on the answers, we will judge his credibility. Does he still have the capacity to be Minister of the Interior, or is it necessary for him to move on, because obviously the confidence that can grant him the French is (…) become impossible? ", he continued.

Collomb informed the day after the facts, according to France Inter

According to information from France Inter, Gérard Collomb was aware as early as May 2 of the acts committed by Alexandre Benalla place de la Contrescarpe the 1 ^and May. Former presidential candidate PS Benoît Hamon has demanded the resignation of Gerard Collomb for having "hidden". "Now what we want to know is why Mr. Benalla was protected," said Olivier Faure, pointing out that the dismissal of Alexander Benalla would not be enough to appease the opposition.

 By deliberately concealing information to national representation and justice,  @gerardcollomb  was unworthy of its function and undermined the foundations of our democracy. I call for his resignation.  #AffaireBenalla  https://t.co/8SHMkFyWMX 
 - Benoît Hamon (@benoithamon)  July 20, 2018 

Questioned about the proposal of the Rogue to file a motion of censure against the Government, Olivier Faure replied that the PS was "in favor of a motion of censure on the condition of not having answers". "If we can not be satisfied, if the truth does not come to light, if the good decisions are not made by the executive, we will go, we, submit a motion of censure to the Assembly, and make so that it can be co-signed by others, and that we can then have the possibility of a debate, an exchange with the Prime Minister ", he said, thus not seeming ready to sign a motion by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. "No way to sign a motion other than ours," said the LR group, which "at this point" does not intend to file one.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon proposed Thursday night on Twitter that MPs file a "motion of censure" of the government, "since the government does not come to explain to the Assembly" on the Benalla case. To be tabled, such a motion should bring together 58 signatures. The group of Insoumis deputies has only 17.

The Minister of the Interior will speak during a hearing in the Senate on the affair of the Elysee next week.

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