Former local elected official, Céline Pina is a journalist at
Causeur
, essayist and activist.
She is the founder of "Viv(r)e la République", she has also published
Guilty Silence
(Kero, 2016) and
These Essential Goods
(Bouquins, 2021).
FIGAROVOX. - In response to a question from a senator, the Minister of the Interior considered that the public subsidy granted to the League of Human Rights "
deserves
to be looked at
"
, an association very critical of the means employed by the gendarmes against the demonstrators.
How do you view this controversy?
Should we question the funding of this association?
Celine PINA.
-
Of course, we can challenge public funding for an association.
That does not prevent it from existing, it is simply no longer financed by our taxes.
Indeed, public funding has never been a given, it has to be earned and is supposed to be linked to the fact that an association has a dimension of general interest.
The defense of human rights...
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