three people will be judged for contempt after having addressed insults and the fingers of honor to the head of state

Three people will be tried in September for showing middle fingers and insulting Emmanuel Macron during the president’s visit to Sélestat (Bas-Rhin), the Colmar prosecutor announced on Saturday April 22. These three demonstrators with no criminal record, two men and a woman, will appear on prior admission of guilt for contempt of person depositary of public authority, said Catherine Sorita-Minard to AFP, confirming information from the newspaper Alsace.

Emmanuel Macron was booed and heckled on Wednesday April 19 during a walkabout in the streets of Sélestat. It was his first trip in contact with the French since the enactment of the disputed pension reform. A fourth person had been arrested and placed in police custody after these facts, but his case was closed without further action, because the offense was insufficiently characterized.

The prosecutor of Colmar has also been seized of two complaints, one filed by the State and the other by Enedis, concerning the voluntary power cut that occurred during Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the neighboring town of Muttersholtz. . This action was claimed by the CGT. An investigation was opened and entrusted to the gendarmerie of Sélestat.