A case that’s not really a case and clearly shows that the American saying “when you throw something into the fan, you never know which direction it will go” is still valid!
Here’s the explanation: David Nakache, president of the association Tous Citoyens and candidate on the VIVA! list for municipal elections, presented the head of the list, Mireille Damiano, with the argument: “to end clientelism and corruption in Nice.”
This was on December 4. Deeply affected, Christian Estrosi took him to court for defamation.
The hearing, scheduled for this Monday, was postponed due to a strike to October 13.
Instead of debating, the striking lawyers organized a giant barbecue in front of the Nice court. You might say… fortunately, because this story has taken on excessive proportions.
David Nakache found nothing better than to cast himself as a martyr of democracy and published an article with apocalyptic overtones on his blog: “this systematic judicialization of political life is an attempt to intimidate and muzzle all opposition so that one might say [beware if I say this or that, I’ll have a trial.] Well no, no one will deprive me of my freedom of expression. No one will silence me.”
Frankly, it’s a bit over the top, since his reaction clearly shows that he has the right to public speech and is using it abundantly, with full legitimacy.
As for Christian Estrosi, one wonders what harm a phrase that didn’t even mention him directly could have possibly caused him, and which should be considered as a personal opinion in a political campaign context. Furthermore, the PCF and the leftist movement Ensemble06 quickly jumped into the fray…
Unless the Mayor of Nice sees it as an act of lèse-majesté…
In that case, welcome the judicial strike, which will allow the duelists to pass through the election period that makes candidates nervous, to take a step back and lower the temperature, and after reflection, return to more appropriate behavior regarding the facts.
They could find inspiration in the famous quarrel between William Thackeray and Charles Dickens, two luminaries of 19th-century English literature, which took place at the Garrick Club. But let’s be honest, that quarrel had some style, this one…
To conclude: About the barbecue? Was it worth striking to taste it?
