More support for Audrey Pulvar.
Anne Hidalgo estimated this Monday morning that the complaint for defamation of Gerald Darmanin against the head of the Socialist list in the regional elections in Ile-de-France was "unheard of".
“Fortunately we are in a state of law.
I have every confidence in the justice of my country, ”comments the mayor of Paris cautiously.
Never seen !
A few weeks before the regional election, the Minister of the Interior lodged a complaint for defamation against a top candidate in Île-de-France.
Fortunately we are in a state of law.
I have complete confidence in the justice of my country.
https://t.co/AKeK418Ons
- Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) May 24, 2021
In the morning, Me Patrick Klugman, the lawyer of the list of Audrey Pulvar, Ile-de-France in common, announced that they intended to file a complaint for "slanderous denunciation" and "defamation" after the Court of Justice of the Republic, the only authority empowered to judge ministers.
The Minister of the Interior had announced Sunday evening to file a complaint against Audrey Pulvar, accusing her of "defaming the police", in particular after having considered "chilling" the police demonstration in front of the National Assembly.
“Madame Pulvar's words go beyond the simple framework of an electoral campaign and deeply defame the police of the Republic.
I am filing a complaint on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior, ”tweeted the Minister of the Interior, strongly criticized by the opposition for having greeted the police at the start of the rally.
The complaint aims "a succession of remarks"
A demonstration "supported by the extreme right, in which participates a Minister of the Interior, who marches on the National Assembly to pressure the deputies examining a law on justice, it is a image which for me was quite chilling ”, had explained the ex-journalist Saturday on France info.
This is a complaint for "defamation" which aims "a succession of words", said the entourage of Gerald Darmanin, himself a candidate for regional in Hauts-de-France and departmental in the North. It is also targeting a video from June 2020, unearthed on Twitter on Saturday by Pierre Liscia, spokesperson for Libres !, the movement of Valérie Pécresse, candidate for her re-election in Île-de-France. Audrey Pulvar denounces "racism in the police" in France, during a demonstration in Paris in tribute to George Floyd, this African-American killed by a police officer in Minneapolis.
Madam @AudreyPulvar, you refused to go to the demonstration in support of the police that you consider "chilling".
What "freezes" me is your hatred of the #police that you exalt to be applauded by the Adama committee and the indigenous extreme left.
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- Pierre Liscia (@PierreLiscia) May 22, 2021
Asked about the statute of limitations on these remarks - the deadline is three months in defamation matters - the entourage of Gerald Darmanin replied that they could "be paid in support of the complaint to support it".
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The list of Audrey Pulvar, Ile-de-France in common, had quickly reacted by denouncing "an attack on freedom of expression of extreme gravity".
"We do not know, at the present time, what are the charges," thundered this Monday morning Me Patrick Klugman, deeming the situation "unprecedented".
"Full solidarity with Audrey Pulvar", tweeted in the evening the leader Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon: "Darmanin plays the big arms.
He wants to intimidate.
His complaint shows his weakness and his fear of the police organizations which make the law in his ministry.
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