The two men were placed in police custody for “aggravated voluntary violence”. The former Minister of National Education filed a complaint.
Le Monde with AFP
Jean-Michel Blanquer campaigned on a Montargis market (Loiret), Saturday June 4, when two men splashed his face with whipped cream. The prosecutor of the Republic of Montargis, Loïc Abial, announced shortly after that the two men, aged 51 and 57, were teachers in secondary school and were “immediately placed in police custody for voluntary violence in meeting”.
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Unknown to justice, they are “currently heard by investigators from the Montargis police station,” added the prosecutor. The former Minister of National Education, candidate of La République En Marche (LRM) parachuted in the 4
support from Elisabeth Borne and PAP NDIAYE
“An electoral campaign is a moment of democratic happiness by exchange. It is going well here in Montargis to meet citizens. I have just been attacked by two individuals who want to break this. Do not accept it “, wrote on Twitter M. Blanquer , who filed a complaint.
The candidate received the support of the Prime Minister , Elisabeth Borne: “The debate, the confrontation of ideas are always riches. Physical or symbolic violence has no place in our democracy.”
The Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, window also reacted on the social network by writing that “democratic life can only exist in a debate of ideas respectful of men and women who are committed”.