Image copyright
fake pictures
Sira Sylla tweeted that the protesters “would never affect her”
Far-right protesters in France staged a racist protest outside the office of black politician Sira Sylla.
Protesters, from the Normandy Identity Generation branch, held anti-black signs and waved lighted flares.
Sylla, a deputy from President Emmanuel Macron’s party in Rouen, tweeted a photo of the protest with the message: “It will never affect me.”
Her tweet received a wave of support and solidarity from colleagues, including Prime Minister Jean Castex.
In the photo posted by Ms. Sylla, five white men were seen holding placards and a placard that read “Help the French, not the Africans.”
The signs referenced a proposal to Ms Sylla’s government earlier this month calling for a reduction in fees for money transfers to African countries.
The posters suggested compulsory repatriation, the forced return of people to their countries of origin, and said: “Think about our jobs, not the diaspora.”
All the posters and the banner were marked with the name “Génération Identitaire”.
In her tweet, Sylla wrote: “I am very proud of the work that I have carried out with conviction as a French MP for three years, particularly for my constituency and Afro-French relations. I am more determined than ever!”
In a statement on social media, Prime Minister Castex wrote: “Sira Sylla’s unworthy attacks require unanimous and unequivocal condemnation. I have sent her my support and the solidarity of the entire Government. In the face of hatred, the Republic must unite and Act “.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin also called Sylla’s attack “vile”, saying that France “would not give in one iota to the hateful ideology of these extremist groups.”
Richard Ferrand, President of the National Assembly, tweeted his support for Ms. Sylla and said that “their commitment, their work and their determination are a credit to Parliament and the Republic.”
