2024-01-08 18:11:16
She refuses to “obliterate (s) conscience”. Barbara Olivier-Zandronis, the journalist who was suspended at the beginning of December from RCI, the main radio station in the Antilles, after an interview with the head of the National Rally Jordan Bardella, will not return to the airwaves of these private Guadeloupean airwaves.
Despite a petition calling for his reinstatement, which has collected more than 42,000 signatures since December 9, in a series of tweets posted Sunday on to do wrong, it is to rub the pen in the wound. » – that she chose, “to practice her profession where it will be possible to do so without obliterating her conscience”.
I am immensely grateful to have had so much support; more than 40,000 souls signed this petition demanding my reinstatement in the presentation of the newspaper.
It was far beyond any democratic upsurge that I could imagine.— Barbara Olivier-Zandronis (@barbara_olivier) January 7, 2024
“To my colleagues, passionate about information, engaged citizens, listeners concerned with respect for democracy and committed to respecting freedom of the press, I send you my most sincere and profound thanks,” continues Barbara Olivier-Zandronis , who hopes that 2024 will be a year “bringing hope where despair has gained ground and bravery where the spirit has become discouraged”.
“Which political party do you have your card in, Madam? »
On December 8, in the 1 p.m. news, the now ex-presenter of RCI had a lively exchange with the RN MEP, considering in particular that he was not making “any proposals” to the European Parliament. She also criticized him for having declared that Europe could not “become a five-star inn for Africa”.
The RN manager ended up asking the interviewer: “Which political party do you have your card in, Madam?” “, adding: “You have been attacking me for about nine minutes by doing the questions and answers.”
Following this interview, RCI management withdrew the presentation of the 1 p.m. news – which she hosted every week from Friday to Sunday – from the journalist, who had been on a fixed-term contract since September. This decision sparked new controversy, with several left-wing elected officials denouncing an attack on press freedom.
“This is not the first newsroom in the world where someone is removed from the air when there is a hiccup,” explained Hervé de Haro, deputy director of RCI Guadeloupe.
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