What faces the individuals within the commemorations of Might 8, 1945 at Carpentrasin Vaucluse, when the Pétainist song “Maréchal, here we are” resounded ? The prosecution opened an investigation this Sunday for “provocation of hatred” following the published of this anthem of the Vichy regime.
The justice system was knowledgeable “by means of the press” and “needs to research these details with out ready for a doable criticism which we’ve got not obtained”, indicated the prosecution, specifying “that no avenue is favored”. Hervé de Lépinau, the Nationwide Rally mayor of this metropolis who switched to the acute proper in March, introduced his intention to file a criticism for “malice” and expressed his “disgust”. The prosecution specified that it had not obtained any “formalized criticism” this Sunday.
“It was a technician who added this piece”
Friday on the finish of the day, this track to the glory of Marshal Pétain, head of the collaborationist Vichy regime (1940-1944), resonated from the loudspeakers put in within the metropolis middle, amongst different songs linked to the Liberation. “The city corridor has nothing to do with it, it was a technician who added this piece” by mistake, assured Alain Giraudi, president of RTV FM, an area associative radio station offering musical leisure for occasions in Carpentras, together with this Friday.
