The hair had turned slightly white, but time seemed to have no hold on it. Physically, his face and figure did not change. Mentally, he had the same teeth, the same alertness, the same greedy apprehension and playful of the institutional and media theater. Patrick Devedjian was the Dorian Gray of political life. We did not see him aging and this is also what makes the effect of his disappearance brutal.
The former boss of Hauts-de-Seine is the first prominent elected official to pay tribute to the coronavirus in his life. Notoriety does not make his death more scandalous than that of other anonymous French victims. At the very least, it shows that politicians have no immunity in this area. Like the nursing staff, like the priests, the elected officials are part of these “professions” of an almost priestly nature which, by giving themselves to others, take risks for themselves. No, politicians don't have a free pass,
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