2 Feb 2021
A police commissioner and a deputy prosecutor were caught dining out at a lockdown speakeasy restaurant in violation of the country’s Wuhan coronavirus restriction rules.
The story of the two men shot to national prominence on Monday morning during a television interview with French interior minister Gerald Darmanin in which he called for the immediate suspension of the police commissioner.
“When I see that officials of the Ministry of the Interior do not respect these rules, especially when going to clandestine restaurants, I say so,” Darmanin said, France Inter reports.
“That was the case, as I understand it, this weekend, of a police commissioner in the south of France. If it is ever verified, I have asked the Director of the National Police to suspend him and remove him from his command post,” the Interior Minister added.