Amélie Oudéa-Castéra steps up to support Aya Nakamura.
While the singer has been the victim of racist attacks since she was expected to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on July 26, the Minister of Sports strongly defended her this morning, calling for sanctions.
“Sanctions are obviously needed.
Racism is a crime.
I repeat on this subject that it should not give rise to any controversy or ambiguity, Aya Nakamura was the victim of unacceptable racist attacks which must be condemned with the greatest firmness”, insisted Amélie Oudéa-Castéra on the set of France Info this Wednesday morning.
Aya Nakamura present or not?
This Saturday, the small ultra-right group Les Natifs launched hostilities by unfurling a banner on the banks of the Seine: “There's no way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market!
» A reference to the hit “Djadja” by the Franco-Malian star.
Marion Maréchal also sang a similar refrain at the microphone of BFMTV this Tuesday.
“This woman does not sing in French, she does not represent the French language,” argued the head of the Reconquête list!
to the Europeans, denying any racism.
Paris 2024: “Aya Nakamura was the victim of unacceptable racist attacks,” declares Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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The Paris 2024 Organizing Committee, for its part, had shown its support for the singer.
“We were very shocked by the racist attacks targeting Aya Nakamura in recent days,” denounced Cojop, without confirming or denying a potential show by the singer.
The Minister of Sports did not answer the question very clearly either, still on France Info: “It is Thomas Jolly (the director of the opening ceremony, Editor's note) who will make the decision on the presence of 'Aya Nakamura.
» But his potential presence would not prevent another artist from being headlining according to Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
“That doesn't mean she'll be THE singer at the opening ceremony.
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