"I will not be silenced. Ségolène Royal, about to be sacked and targeted by a preliminary inquiry into the use made of the means made available to her in her capacity as ambassador of the poles, assured Thursday on RTL that she had already left this post and thus keep her " freedom of speech ".
"I left this post because I was sacked," said Ségolène Royal on Thursday evening. “Since I have been targeted for several months” and given “the government's injunction to remain silent […], I preferred to keep my freedom of speech given what is happening in the country”, a- she added.
The national financial prosecutor's office announced Wednesday that it had opened a preliminary investigation in November concerning the use of the means made available to it as ambassador of the poles since his appointment to this post by Emmanuel Macron in 2017.
The former minister's repeated criticism of government policy also earned her a letter from the Department of Foreign Affairs on January 7, reminding her of her "duty of care" and urging her to end her criticism, under hardly be dismissed from her position as ambassador of the poles.
The letter (published by Ségolène Royal on her Facebook page) specified that her case could be examined in the Council of Ministers on January 24, a date confirmed by a source close to the executive.
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Gepostet von Ségolène Royal am Dienstag, 14. Januar 2020"Diplomacy is one mission, politics is another," Prime Minister Édouard Philippe warned on Wednesday.
It requires "a minimum of respect"
"I ask for a minimum of respect," said the former president of the Poitou-Charentes regional council on RTL, who added that she "requested a dialogue" after receiving the ministerial letter. “I was not answered […] I am told to leave, I am leaving, I have no intention of hanging on. "
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Is she ready to enter the presidential campaign for 2022? "It is far too early," she replied. “The Macron / Le Pen face-to-face is a big problem. We don't see another choice taking shape. I will contribute to the creation of a third way. I will support the one who is best placed. If it's me, then I'll be ready, ”she added on BFMTV.
Ségolène Royal on the presidential election of 2022: "If I am in the best position, I will be ready" pic.twitter.com/snTUfLh6PT
- BFMTV (@BFMTV) January 16, 2020
