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| France’s protestors back on streets |
| 2019-01-06 |
| [Saudi Gazette] La Belle France’s "Yellow Vest" protestors were back on the streets again Saturday as a government front man denounced those still protesting as hard-liners who wanted only to bring down the government. Several hundred protestors gathered on the Champs Elysees in central Gay Paree, where around 15 police wagons were also deployed, an AFP journalist said. Marches were underway in several other cities across La Belle France. On Friday, government front man Benjamin Griveaux denounced those still protesting as "agitators who want insurrection and, basically, to overthrow the government". This is the eighth Saturday of protests called by the grass-roots movement. The numbers turning out have fallen steadily since the start of the demonstrations in November. But the arrest on Wednesday of Eric Drouet, one the movement’s front man, sparked anger among his supporters. Gay Paree police picked up Drouet, who already faces trial for carrying a weapon at a previous demonstration, and detained him for around 10 hours. Speaking to news hounds after his release, Drouet said he had been on his way to a restaurant with four others when he was picked up by dozens of armed riot police and forced into a vehicle. "I wasn’t wearing a yellow vest, just walking on the pavement," he said, calling the arrest "incomprehensible". "I’m not the Yellow Vests’ representative. With or without me, it will continue", he said, speaking of the protests. |
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