Incidents at the Stade de France: in the colors of Liverpool, an elected member of the Council of Paris demands the resignation of the prefect Lallement and Gérald Darmanin
The leader of the elected Parisian communists donned the Liverpool Reds jersey on Wednesday to ask the Paris Council again for the resignation of the Paris police chief, Didier Lallement, and that of the Minister of the Interior, after the incidents on Saturday. , at the Stade de France.
“Today, the whole world is discovering the method of the prefect Lallement while we have been supporting it for far too long”said Nicolas Bonnet-Oulaldj, a Liverpool fan wearing a Reds jersey under his jacket. “It’s his doctrine of maintaining order”made of “repression rather than appeasement” and of “disproportionate use of force”which is in question “in the Saturday fiasco”affirmed the elected communist.
According to Gerald Darmanin, “30,000 to 40,000 English supporters ended up at the Stade de France, either without tickets or with falsified tickets”, leading to massive bottlenecks and overflows. Figures disputed by the political opposition and also questioned by UEFA. For Mr. Bonnet-Oulaldj, who had already requested the resignation of MM. Darmanin and Lallement, “it is not counterfeit banknotes that are in question: UEFA today estimates their number at 2,800. This lie by Gérald Darmanin in no way hides his incompetence”. Usually present during current affairs at the Council in Paris, Didier Lallement was absent on Wednesday “for matters of electoral reserve” before the legislative elections, had specified, last Wednesday, the first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire (PS).
For Mr. Bonnet-Oulaldj, the fiasco around the final between Real Madrid and Liverpool “asks us about the organization of the next major popular events in Paris” and in particular the 2024 Olympic Games, with “well over 10 million people” visiting the capital. “Today, there is doubt about our country’s ability to organize major events”added Nicolas Nordman (PS), security assistant.
In a separate intervention on Wednesday, the elected Communists point out that out of 35,000 security agents needed for the Olympics, in addition to the national police and gendarmerie forces, “only 13,000 could be filled today by private security companies”.