The Front National Responds

My previous entry mentioned that some journalists attempting to get into the Tours convention hall had been molested. The Front National denies these charges. There are two communiqués posted at the FN website. Here is one that responds to accusations made on the television channel Canal Plus:

(...) The Front National protests against the remarks made by Monsieur Michaël Szames on the television show "Le Petit Journal" January 17, 2011. Monsieur Michaël Szames declared that "eight body guards from the Front National caught him, pulled him by the hood of his coat, molested him, punched him in the stomach and back, held his arm behind his back, broke his watch... and that there were insults of a racist nature and they said that he was a shitty journalist and that they were ready to knock all his teeth out".

The Front National affirms that Michaël Szames was not molested by its guards, that Monsieur Michaël Szames was not punched in the stomach or the back. Monsieur Michaël Szames was simply asked to leave the premises of the convention center in Tours where he did not belong. The Front National affirms, furthermore, that no one from its security personnel broke Monsieur Szames' watch or uttered racist insults. Finally, never was it said that he was a shitty journalist or that the Front National's guards were ready to knock his teeth out.

The Front National will demand similar rectifications whenever it is accused in untruthful circumstances, without prejudice to the legal proceedings it is undertaking separately.

Note: The above is difficult for me to translate because of its legal terminology. But I think it simply means that the communiqué and its demands will in no way lessen the importance of or take away from the lawsuits that are being initiated.

Also, a reminder that the main point of my previous entry was not who was barred from the convention, but who was allowed in.

Below, Marine Le Pen playing every politician's favorite game.