2023-09-07 11:29:58
France rugby team
2023 Rugby World Cup in FrancedossierFaced with the selection in the XV of France of the rugby player convicted in the first instance for an attack on a background of racism, the President also recalled on Wednesday September 6 the importance of the presumption of innocence.
He had called not to “politicize sport”. However, Emmanuel Macron estimated on Wednesday September 6 that if the conviction of the second line of the XV of France Bastien Chalureau, for racist violence, is confirmed on appeal, it “would be preferable” that he no longer wears the jersey of the Blues . “I don’t do justice fiction. But if there are convictions on serious, established facts, which affect the cohesion of the nation, yes, it would be preferable”, affirmed the Head of State in an interview with the team.
Chalureau, second line of the Montpellier club, was called on Friday, September 1 to make up for the absence of Paul Willemse through injury. Sentenced in 2020 by the Toulouse Criminal Court to a six-month suspended prison sentence for “acts of violence with the circumstance that these were committed because of the race or ethnicity of the victim”, he appealed of this judgment. During a press conference held Monday, September 4, Bastien Chalureau said in tears that he was “not a racist”.
“Justice must be able to pronounce itself in the time which is its own, in all serenity. The presumption of innocence and the right of appeal exist”, insisted Emmanuel Macron. Still, according to the President of the Republic, the choice of the coach of the XV of France, Fabien Galthié, to summon the player from Montpellier, is “necessarily the right one for the team”. “Fabien knows what he [Chalureau] can bring to the XV of France, his chemistry with the other players, ”added Emmanuel Macron.
Les Bleus, who are among the favorites at the World Cup organized on their soil, begin the competition on Friday at the Stade de France against New Zealand, three-time world champion (1987, 2011, 2015).
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