A few hours after being notified of the end of his police custody in the premises of the Brigade for the repression of economic delinquency (BRDE), the president of the FFR sent a long missive to amateur rugby.
To thank him for his support first of all.
“I sincerely want to thank you for your continued support.
I felt your strength, your very revolt, through the many messages I have received since Tuesday, ”says Bernard Laporte.
Which is immediately projected on the electoral deadline of October 3.
“More than ever, I felt you were ready to use your right to vote to express your independence and validate the strong relationship you have with your Federation.
I am proud to be the President of a movement of such determined, militant and independent women and men.
Your messages have shown all your determination to make October 3 a great moment of democracy.
You told me again: we will not steal your vote! "
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In this message posted on Facebook, Bernard Laporte also mentions his placement in police custody for 32 hours.
“I approached these 'interviews' with serenity.
When you have nothing to be ashamed of, you have the force of truth with you.
It had been almost three years that I waited to enlighten the investigators on a file whose contents were not accessible to me.
The dialogue with the investigators will have finished convincing me.
Despite extensive investigations, with colossal means, press campaigns constantly rehashing the same theories…: the file is empty.
There is nothing concrete.
Calculations, interpretations, scenarios ... Now knowing the axes of the investigation, I am more serene than ever.
The mountain will give birth to a mouse.
This wave will have been only media.
(…) Justice will do its work and I trust it.
I know the truth of my actions and they are all in the interest of our clubs, without ever being an exception to the rule. "
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Less than ten days before our deadline, who could benefit from the storm?"
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Bernard Laporte
The candidate for his succession renews his suspicions about a timing dictated by the League and / or its opponent in the election, Florian Grill.
“Less than ten days before our deadline (
electoral, editor's note
), I am entitled to ask myself the question of the advisability.
Who could benefit from the storm? ”
A conspiracy theory also advanced by Serge Simon's lawyer.
"Communication strategies, media traps ... all this does not affect me," insists Laporte, who assures that he is targeted because he "disturbs" professional rugby.
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A message that he will now hammer out orally by resuming the thread of his electoral campaign paused by this judicial interlude.
"To be honest, I can't wait to see you again.
From this Thursday, I take the path of the clubs and fields that I have never left, so that we can talk about Project and Rugby.
This is my passion."
Bernard Laporte, despite these two necessarily trying days and one night, will respect the initial schedule.
He should therefore be in Montpellier this Thursday for the passage of the France 2023 train. Then, around 6 pm, in Saint-Jean-de-Védas, a small town in Hérault, to hold his electoral meeting.
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