Five years after the Alexandre Benalla affair named after this project manager, with President Macron, accused of having usurped the function of policeman, it is another employee of the Élysée who is making headlines. In the columns of Parisian, this February 23, 2023, we learn that a 50-year-old cook who worked for the Presidency of the Republic for 15 years, was arrested and placed in police custody. His fault: he had a police armband that he used to park as he pleased in Paris.
A former chef at the Elysée
His arrest took place on February 21, around 7 p.m., rue Tronchet, in the 8th arrondissement of the capital. He explained to the police who checked his vehicle to realize that he was not attached to the Ministry of the Interior that he was the current private cook of the President of the Republic. Indeed, private chef for the President of the Republic since 1999 and until 2014, he served three Presidents of the Republic well (Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande, if we refer to the dates of their mandates) .
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Unfortunately, today, whoever says they work “between fifteen and eighteen hours a day”, does it on his own, and in his own restaurant now in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. In police custody, the man finally confessed that he had obtained this police armband from a retired police officer friend.
Where did he get that police armband?
Our colleagues quote:We met during my fifteen years of service at the Élysée and he gave me this object to avoid having fines because the places are more and more difficult to find in Paris “. He also explained that on Tuesday he had been looking for a place in the neighborhood for a long time before using this illegal method.
And to let the police know:I have pain in my knees and I couldn’t find a place nearby. I put this police armband on the sun visor to avoid getting a ticket. But this is the first time. Will this explanation be enough to keep him out of trouble? To be continued…
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