His words struck and quickly sparked a controversy. The rest could be played out in court. This Friday, the collective Stand With Ukraine announced to Liberation its desire to file a complaint, at the beginning of next week, against the former presidential candidate of 2007.
“It is unbearable for the victims to hear that, especially from a leading political figure like Ségolène Royal, protests, with our colleagues, Edward Mayor, co-founder of the collective Stand With Ukraine. We can’t let that be said, so we’re going to try to move forward quickly with our lawyers, and to collect testimonies from victims and witnesses. »
In question, her remarks Thursday evening on BFMTV, where she denounced “war propaganda by fear” on the part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The former socialist leader notably questioned the reality of “bombed maternity” in southeastern Ukraine in March. According to her, “you can imagine that if there was the slightest victim, the slightest baby with blood, in the age of mobile phones we would have had them (the images)…”.
Condemnation on the left
According to her, “he used that” to interrupt the peace process. 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 out and spread stuff like that just to disrupt the peace process,” she said.
Today, on Twitter, she responded to the video reporting her remarks. ” It’s wrong. I have never denied war crimes. What all the experts know: the propaganda of war by fear, by terror, which leads to escalation. Let us recall the criminal strikes in Iraq, on the lie. Chirac, isolated, had the courage to say no, ”she tried to defend herself.
Words that have been strongly criticized on the left. “Peace in Ukraine is not made impossible by the victims of the invasion, but by Putin’s will to conquer! “, reacted on Twitter the First Secretary of the PS Olivier Faure. “War crimes are documented, denying it is an insult to the murdered, the raped, the tortured! To say otherwise is propaganda! “, he continued.
In another tweet, he added: “She says the reporting of crimes (which she doubts) has one purpose: to obstruct the peace process. The attacked become the warmongers. Until proven otherwise, the Ukrainians are the resisters in a war they did not choose,” he criticized. MEP Raphaël Glucksmann (Public Square), also denounced a “shipwreck. Total “.