Three people will be tried in September for showing middle fingers and insulting Emmanuel Macron during the president’s visit to Sélestat, Alsace, the Colmar prosecutor confirmed to AFP on Saturday April 22.
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These three demonstrators without criminal records, two men and a woman, will appear on prior admission of guilt for contempt of person depositary of public authority, indicated the prosecutor, Catherine Sorita-Minard, confirming by specifying information from the newspaper L’ Alsace.
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A fourth person had been arrested and taken into police custody, but his case was closed because the offense was insufficiently characterized.
Voluntary power cut
The prosecutor of Colmar has also received two complaints concerning the voluntary power cut that occurred during the visit of the Head of State on Wednesday in the neighboring town of Muttersholtz.
The State filed a complaint for this cut which affected two municipalities, the prefecture of Bas-Rhin told AFP this Saturday and Enedis also confirmed to AFP that it had filed a complaint. This power cut occurred during the visit of the Head of State to the Mathis company. The factory specializing in wooden construction had found itself without power without plunging the premises into darkness.
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This action was claimed by the CGT and an investigation, led by the gendarmes of Sélestat, is in progress. The mayor of Muttersholtz, Patrick Barbier, told AFP on Saturday that he had not filed a complaint even though he“Questions about the method” demanded by the union: “It did not disturb the presidential visit. On the other hand, it caused problems for shopkeepers, the pharmacy could not operate and it cut off the bed lift system of a bedridden lady”.
