For her debut, Elisabeth Borne probably hoped for better.
But, like any head of government, she must adapt and deal with the crisis.
That engendered by one of his ministers - Damien Abad.
The old rape charges against him come to the surface and damage a barely molded image.
“Of course I was not aware”,
first affirmed the tenant of Matignon, in coherence with the entourage of Emmanuel Macron, who ensures that the President of the Republic is not informed of all the complaints lodged against his ministers.
But is this claim really tenable?
No, according to certain opposition figures, who were quick to make the Abad case an explosive symbol at the start of the second five-year term.
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The minister must be removed from office
“as a precautionary principle”,
thus pleaded the left as soon as the publication of the Mediapart article.
We must respect the presumption of innocence and not give in to
the “media court”
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