The high school student, who had challenged the president on the accusations of sexual violence on two of his ministers on Thursday, received the gendarmes visit the next day in high school.
Le Monde
The Tarn gendarmerie had to justify itself, Friday, June 10, after having aroused the controversy by visiting a high school student who had arrested President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of a trip to the region, the day before.
“You head the state of men who are accused of rape and violence for women, why?”, The 18 -year -old Laura launched to the Head of State, in reference to accusations of sexual violence against his ministers Gérald Darmanin and Damien Abad. The release of speech, “I accompanied her and will continue to accompany her, to protect her. At the same time, to function in society you must have the presumption of innocence”, replied the president.
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The next day, shortly before noon, the young woman received the gendarmes visit to her high school. Au Parisien , she explained that they have First refer to the sexual assault dating back several years that she had herself mentioned during her exchange with Emmanuel Macron. “They asked me if I wanted to file a complaint, but it was very brief,” she explains. “We quickly came to the exchange with Emmanuel Macron. They asked me what I wanted to do, so I told them that I wanted to ask such a question, etc. then the gendarme said to me: C ‘ was not to be done. His colleague added that if I had wanted to challenge the President of the Republic, then I should have passed through hierarchical ways, writing to the Élysée, “she said on a daily basis. “I obviously wondered if I had done something wrong. It is intimidating to see the gendarmes land in high school.”
At the end of the evening Friday, the gendarmerie du Tarn resolved to publish a press release on its Facebook page , ensuring that the action of the officers “simply aimed to take into account this person, who had presented himself as a victim, to offer him to collect a possible Complaint, or failing that to offer him help, support or relay to meet local associations to assist him. ” “We want to apologize to her if our approach to go to meet her in high school to exchange has been poorly perceived and that she considers that we have been clumsy. We are obviously listening to her and her disposal.”
Two days before the legislative elections, the case did not fail to arouse reactions in the political world. “it promises for his big blah-blah. You say yes or The gendarmes arrive. “, thus quipped Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Twitter when the president of the environmental group in the Senate, Guillaume Gontard, was offended that ” Talk to the president becomes [ne] a offense “.