“It seemed obvious to us that François Hollande was at the center of the file”, according to an association of victims

“It seemed obvious to us that François Hollande was at the center of the file, he was head of state, he was head of the armed forces, he had a view on intelligence”, estimates Arthur Dénouveaux, president of the association of victims Life for Paris, Wednesday November 10 on franceinfo. The former President of the Republic François Hollande testified this Wednesday at the trial of the attacks of November 13, 2015.

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“We knew that his hearing could help spark some sparks of truth, he explains. It is a senior official who speaks, it is the representative of French society. He is someone who has a view on terrorism like no one else in France had at that time. “

“When he delivers what we think we have understood, it has a much stronger truth value than when it is a simple civil party who says it.”

Arthur Dénouveaux, president of the association of victims Life for Paris

to franceinfo

“It is our justice that deserved to hear the President of the Republic, confides the president of the association of victims. It is the strength of our democracy to be able to put terrorists and a head of state in the same courtroom, and for the head of state to answer questions from both the court and the lawyers of the parties. civilians, as defense lawyers. This is really what differentiates us from terrorists. “

“I think we can believe that everything has been done” to prevent these attacks, assures Arthur Dénouveaux. “But as François Hollande said, we could have done better. The proof is that there was this attack. I think we are touching on something very difficult to accept, it is here. ‘impotence to thwart all the attacks. It is a reality that we must accept, we are the victims of the hole in the racket which is inevitable “, he continues.

Arthur Dénouveaux welcomes the “exemplary work” of Justice. “We are building a collective memory faithful to what happened and understanding the ins and outs of November 13, he assures. A lot of things are said, we learn a lot. Neither party is silent and I believe this is a trial that will go down in history, even if it were to end now. By the quality of the debates, and by all the questions it raises and to which it begins to answer. “