2023-06-25 12:58:00
Georges-Louis Bouchez and his partner were involved in an altercation this Saturday in the Lippenslaan in Knokke. The president of the Reform Movement was jostled by an individual. A witness filmed the scene.
In the video, we can see the chosen one of the MR next to his Mercedes SUV. The vehicle is stopped a few meters from a crossroads. A man approaches with a determined step. “What’s the matter?!“, launches Georges-Louis Bouchez. The individual pursues and violently pushes the Montois. A very brief verbal exchange takes place, before the man turns around. He joins a group of cyclists, made up of men and women. “I’ll call the police“, shouts Georges-Louis Bouchez.
The scene might have ended there, but during the altercation, the politician’s companion went to explain herself to the group of cyclists. When rejoining her vehicle, Lucie Demaret skids: “peasants“, “Dirty Flemings“, she says in particular. This is where the video stops.
They shouted that we were dirty Walloons
Following the publication of the video, the president of the MR was contacted by various media. The filmed sequence does not make it possible to determine the origin of the altercation. Georges-Louis Bouchez gives his version of the facts to the Flemish media Het Laatste Nieuws: “At first I thought a cyclist had crashed into my car, although I had left enough space for him to pass. I went out to see what it was. The woman made an angry gesture and continued on her way. My partner then took the wheel and we chased them. If the car was damaged, I had to call the police. At the next red light, we got off, but I didn’t even have time to ask what had happened. The man immediately took off his glasses and shoved me“.
The Montois believes that he did not react to the provocation. “I know I have to stay calm as a politician in such a situation“, confie-t-il à The Latest News.
Georges-Louis Bouchez does not deny that his companion made inappropriate remarks, but he defends her. “She doesn’t think so, because we both love and visit Flanders. These people were very rude. They shouted that we were dirty Walloons and that we had only to go back to Wallonia“, he reacts.
Remember that Lucie Demaret is also involved in politics with the MR. As the Cumuleo site indicatesshe is a municipal councilor in Ham-Sur-Heure-Nalinnes, holds management and administrative positions at the Charleroi Country Public Health Intercommunal, but is also a member of a ministerial cabinet.
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