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French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to fire the bodyguard who was caught on camera hitting a May Day protester after "new facts" emerged about the alleged misdemeanour, the president's office said on Friday.

The man was also being questioned by police on Thursday over the incident, the prosecutor's office said separately.

Macron had come under fire after Le Monde newspaper revealed his office had briefly suspended the bodyguard for beating the protester and posing as a police officer almost three months ago, but did not inform law enforcement authorities.

"New facts that could constitute misdemeanour by Alexandre Benalla were brought to the president's attention," an official at the presidential palace told Reuters.

"As a result... the presidency has decided to start Alexandre Benalla's dismissal procedure," the official added.

In the video, a man wearing a police helmet and identification tag was shown dragging a woman away and then beating a demonstrator on May 1. He was later recognised as a member of the French presidency staff.

The controversy has dominated media coverage in France for the past 24 hours, with opposition leaders criticising Macron for not firing the aide right away and keeping silent.

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Such can only happen in a natoin where her president cares more about the health and safty of a citizen over the ego of his personal security. when will nigeria ever get to this level of security

Ordinary civil defence attached to a commissioner dey beat us here and no body cares

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Mutemenot:
Ordinary civil defence attached to a commissioner dey beat us here and no body cares

even civil defence here dey feel like area fathers

Why Buhari will send his boys SARS to harass innocent citizens

In one country, the bodyguard would have been promoted ten ranks ahead

That is what we call 21st century leadership..... Not some leaders that would encourage bodyguards to batter people, like a battered fish..........

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The problem with naija is that instead of us to copy president macron for sacking the body guard.. we will instead copy the body guard beating the protester...
Always copying the wrong one.. despite the fact that the right one is there also!

Hypocrisy will not kill us in Nigeria
So because this man has been to naija all his actions should make headlines
Do you know how many times some presidents had done such things.. Let forget about our president now.
Buh cos say macron don visit Nigeria.. We should always act as if Jesus and Allah visited.

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the bodyguard right now

Nice one

While our own baba would have promoted him to transmission transmission

See President bikonu

If it is in Nigeria, he will get double promotion.

Interesting... see country see system

Good

Nice move

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Buhari is a terrorist nah
You can't put him in the same sentence with macron..

Someone who sends fellow herdsmen to take over people's lands... Haba

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