Denis Ducarme Decries Minister of Defense’s Marketing Stunt with Navy Ship Rescue Video

2023-12-22 12:02:00

Federal deputy Denis Ducarme (MR) might not believe his eyes when he discovered the video posted on social networks by the Minister of Defense, Ludivine Dedonder (PS). In this clip with an offbeat tone, the minister is on board a Belgian navy ship alongside the Chod (Chief of Defense), Admiral Michel Hofman, the “boss” of the Belgian army. While the two officials congratulate themselves on the achievements of the military during this year, an alarm sounds: Santa Claus appears in this video, he is in distress on a boat… Ludivine Dedonder and the admiral then rush to his rescue and save him .

This humorous sequence did not make Denis Ducarme laugh, therefore. He wanted to react in La Libre and announced political consequences to this affair. “The problem is not the tone of the clip but the mobilization of Defense resources to produce it,” he says. I am scandalized by this video. We mobilized human, logistical and financial resources for an operation that resembles Ludivine Dedonder’s personal marketing. I have already tabled a question on this subject in parliament so that the minister is accountable for what this operation cost. I want to know how many soldiers were mobilized, what equipment was used in this clip.”

“War is not cinema”

Another point that annoys the liberal: the use of army professionals to act. “War is not cinema. There is war 2000 km away and it is making the military and a very high ranking officer act out. This is unacceptable. If the cruise is fun for Ludivine Dedonder, at the MR, it is no longer fun for us at all… I promise the minister a few difficult hours in committee. We have talked a lot regarding personal logos on letters (Denis Ducarme refers to the “logogate” which caused the resignation of environmentalist Sarah Schlitz, Editor’s note), but, here, it goes much further. We are diverting defense resources for personal marketing.”

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If the cruise is fun for Ludivine Dedonder, at the MR, it is no longer fun for us at all… I promise the minister a few difficult hours in committee.”

To support the idea that this video is free for the Minister of Defense, Denis Ducarme insists on the fact that the socialist concludes her intervention by inviting a “port rudder”, that is to say say left. “This is political marketing, what can it mean other than an invitation to support the left? This is unacceptable. When we know the bill for this clip, fundamental questions will have to be asked.”

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