While Bernard Cazeneuve was to unveil a planned attack foiled on Thursday, Francois Hollande took charge himself the announcement Wednesday. He was accused by the opposition of wanting to “recover” the terrorist risk.
When François Hollande contradicts … Francois Hollande. On July 14, during his televised interview, the Head of State explained that the intelligence services constantly thwarted the planned attacks. The success of which the executive does not prevail. “I dare not say every day, but every week we stop, we stop, we prevent terrorist acts, the president said. I’m not here doing press conferences to inform the French. “
But the next day the head of state has changed foot. From Marseille, where he was with the President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, Francois Hollande showed before the television cameras that an attack had been foiled by the police. “This week we have also warned of terrorist acts that could have been produced,” said the president, who was asked about the explosions occurred Tuesday on a petrochemical site near Marseille. The Head of State added that the interior minister Bernard Cazeveuve give more details on this matter tomorrow.
What the minister has done on Wednesday evening, following the Presidential intervention advancing 24 hour press conference. Bringing together journalists place Beauvau, late in the evening, Cazeneuve announced that four people were arrested this week by agents of ISB, while they were preparing a terrorist act against French military installations.
The surprise announcement of the Head of State on Wednesday night has shaken government communications. It had however been carefully wedged Wednesday morning. During the Council of Ministers, Bernard Cazeneuve had reported the arrests. It was decided to communicate “as soon as possible on the subject,” says one at the Elysee. The modality of this ad had also been fixed: the communication should be carried by the interior minister on Thursday morning during a press conference. But it is the president who finally spilled the beans …
This precipitation printing has opened an angle of attack to the opposition. Thursday morning, the right arm of Nicolas Sarkozy, Frédéric Péchenard, denounced on Europe 1 a “political ownership will” by the executive of the anti-terrorism issue. For its part, LR MEP, Nadine Morano, said on France 2 should have been done show more “discretion”. “Speaks while people are in custody seems risky to me, has she argued. And speak too soon can also put at risk other measures vis-à-vis those who are outside. “
” By Wednesday evening , journalists began to call to verify information on the case. We had to frame the communication, avoid any kind of order. “
Beauvau, it denies any improvisation. “By Wednesday evening, journalists began to call to verify the information on this case, said an adviser to Bernard Cazeneuve. We had to frame the communication, avoid any kind of order. “As for the choice of the President to take charge himself of the announcement, it is perfectly assumed by the Elysee. “The president asked about terrorism, he took the only possible decision, that to tell the truth, says an Elysian advisor. It’s that simple. If he had said nothing, looked like he knew, and he was hiding things. “
” The foiled attack Monday, which was a military site and involved minors, had a particular character, which justified to go public “
At the top of the state, they deny any change in communication doctrine on terrorism. In recent months, only the planned attack missed Villejuif (Val-de-Marne) against two churches had been unveiled by the authorities, in April. The suspect, Ghlam Sid Ahmed, Algerian student and radical Islamist, had alerted the ambulance after being accidentally shot. A Beauvau, indicate that 126 individuals have been imprisoned since 2012 for “involvement in terrorist projects”. “This gives an idea of the number of thwarted attacks, do we observe in the minister’s entourage. We do not communicate in all, far from it. But the foiled attack Monday, which was a military site and involved minors, had a particular character, which justified to make it public. “
Alongside a shift in Cergy-Pontoise (Val d’Oise), on Thursday afternoon, the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve justified the Government’s communication: “Where there are serious facts, it is the role of government to inform the French. We can not hide the truth (…) When I stand on these issues then, it is because this is the time to do it and because the relationship with the terrorism prosecutor has allowed us to articulate our communications because it is necessary that the information is accurate, that each is in his role. It is normal that the interior minister accountable for the activities of the intelligence services. ” The first cop of France, which regretted this “controversy” concluded with a Chinese proverb: “When the wise points at the moon, some observers are watching the finger”
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