Un call to order in due form. As indicated Le Figaro, the Ministry of the Armed Forces has hardly tasted the behavior of Eric Zemmour during his visit to soldiers in Abidjan, the capital of Côte d’Ivoire, Thursday, December 23. In question, the publication on Twitter of several photos where the declared presidential candidate appears in the middle of the military. “I am honored to have visited the logistics base of Operation Barkhane today, in Côte d’Ivoire,” he said.
Faced with the wave of reactions aroused by the arrival of Eric Zemmour, the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, Hervé Grandjean, recalled on Twitter that, if these visits by political figures are “a very common and legitimate republican practice ”, They must be done“ in compliance with operational and confidentiality requirements ”. A criterion that Eric Zemmour has, according to him, not respected because these trips must be made “in the greatest discretion” and without “media, photos for public use or social networks”.
I am honored to have visited the logistics base of Operation BARKHANE today, in Côte d’Ivoire with my campaign director, General Bertrand de la Chesnais. pic.twitter.com/YBtdSv4iwL
– Eric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) December 23, 2021
“Avoid any political instrumentalisation”
“This moral commitment that we ask of the presidential candidates was not kept today by a candidate. We regret it “, deplores the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces, stressing that this line of conduct is” essential “to” preserve the neutrality of the armies, and avoid any political instrumentalisation “. Le Figaro also recalls that the trips of Emmanuel Macron to Mali and Jean Castex to Jordan, to spend the end of year holidays with the armed forces, were canceled due to the resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic.
1. Eric Zemmour’s visit to our soldiers in Abidjan arouses reactions. It is important to understand in what context this visit was authorized by the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
– Spokesperson for the French Ministry of the Armed Forces (@HerveGrandjean) December 23, 2021
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