Emmanuel Macron and several French political leaders expressed their concern and support for Boualem Sansal, who has been missing since his arrival in Algiers on Saturday November 17, reports Le Figaro.
The French authorities are working to find the trace of Boualem Sansal. As recounted Le FigaroThursday November 21, Emmanuel Macron said to himself “very concerned” et “very worried” par “the disappearance” of the Franco-Algerian writer, who was reportedly arrested on Saturday November 17 at Algiers airport, after landing from a flight from Paris.
Very critical of the Algerian regime, the author, whose books are banned in his country of origin, is said to have been kept by the Algerian security services and held incommunicado for six days, for “intelligence with the enemy“. “The President of the Republic is very worried and is monitoring the situation carefully. He expresses his unwavering attachment to the freedom of a great writer and intellectuall “, indicates to our colleagues the entourage of Emmanuel Macron, who naturalized Boualem Sansal in person in 2024.
Several reactions from the political class
The fate of Boualem Sansal does not fail to challenge the French political class, particularly on the right of the chessboard. The president of Horizons, Édouard Philippe, said:deeply worried“on X of the disappearance of the Franco-Algerian writer who”embodies everything we cherish: the call to reason, freedom and humanism against censorship, corruption and Islamism“MEP François-Xavier Bellamy criticized an Algerian regime”completely bankrupt“, Who “only thinks about suppressing dissenting voices“.
For her part, the president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse welcomed a “courageous writer“and a”enlightened whistleblower against Islamism“, whose “immediate release“must be requested by France,”without conditions in Algiers“. National Rally (RN) MP Laure Lavalette also reacted by pointing the finger at the direct responsibility of the head of state. “The Algiers regime seems to be responding to Emmanuel Macron's monthly “pledges”. Everything must be done to obtain the release and safety of Boualem Sansal“, she wrote on X. If reactions are rarer on the left, the socialist Jérôme Guedj estimated that “a free voice cannot be muzzled“. “We await news of Boualem Sansal and his release“, he insisted on X.
published on November 22 at 8:44 a.m., Quentin Marchal, 6Medias
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