Ségolène Royal ensured Saturday, September 3 on Twitter do not have “never denied war crimes” and apologized “with the victims if they thought so”after she raised doubts about war crimes committed in Ukraine, despite the evidence.
Thursday 1is September, on BFM-TV, she had denounced “war propaganda through fear” from the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and in particular challenged the reality of “bombed motherhood” in southeastern Ukraine in March. She also questioned the Boutcha massacre or “the story of child rape for seven hours under the eyes of the parents”. “It’s monstrous to go and broadcast things like this only to interrupt the peace process”she said.
His remarks sparked a lively controversy within the political world. “Peace in Ukraine is not made impossible by the victims of the invasion, but by the will to conquer [du président russe Vladimir] Poutine ! », was outraged on TwitterThursday, the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure.
“A form of one-upmanship in the description of horror”
After having guaranteed for the first timeFriday, that she had “never denied war crimes”all in « rappel[ant] the criminal strikes in Iraq, on the lie »she justified herself again on Saturday by highlighting the end of her remarks, according to her “cut in reruns”.
Here the end of my speech, cut from reruns. Advocating for peace is acting to end suffering… https://t.co/jufifSX6cR
She specified that“there is a form of one-upmanship in the description of the horror, to encourage arms deliveries and to refrain from setting up negotiation and peace processes, when the Ukrainian people need peace (…). The portrayal of horrors as part of war propaganda impedes peace processes”.
“To plead for peace is to act for the end of the suffering of the Ukrainian people and of Russian aggression”she said again on Saturday.