Macron celebrates one of the most hated human rights violators

In a post-“Black Lives Matter” and “Me Too” world where the focus must be on memorializing the victims of tyranny and those who stood up to it, French President Emmanuel Macron chose to celebrate one of the most hated human rights violators, which would constitute an insult to anyone who supports these rights Today.

This came in an article by French writer Ruqia Diallo in the Washington Post about the decision of the French government to honor Napoleon Bonaparte, the “tyrant” this week, on the occasion of the bicentenary of his death. Read also Erdogan addresses the French: Your president is a burden on you, and Macron calls for a commitment to respect25 proposals in Macron’s bag … What do the Algerians require for the reconciliation of France?Who is the Algerian lawyer and fighter Ali Boum endjel, who Macron admitted to killing and torturing him at the hands of the French army? Media part: Opening the secret archive … Macron’s announcement is deceptive, and the problem is it

She explained that despite the tyranny of Bonaparte and the killing of millions of people in Africa and the Caribbean, he is still respected in France as a prominent figure, and Macron says about him in his speech before placing a wreath on his grave that he is “part of us.”

Napoleon was associated with the slave trade and slavery

She said that France this year is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Tobira Act, which recognized that the slave trade and slavery constitute crimes against humanity, pointing out that Napoleon is closely linked to these crimes, “he reinstated slavery in 1802 after its abolition in 1794 and made France the first country. And the only one that got it back. “

Diallo noted that Macron said that this terrible decision was a “mistake, a betrayal of the spirit of the Enlightenment,” saying, “But slavery was not a theoretical idea that Napoleon decided to oppose. He was a servant of Western economies, and he was not a hero, but a mass murderer who brutally suppressed

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She added that what Macron hailed today as Napoleon’s “military genius” constitutes a shameful genocide.

“I’m with the white because I’m white”

The author also drew attention to the fact that Napoleon said in 1799, “I am with whites because I am white, and I have no other reason and it is a good reason. How can we grant freedom to Africans, men who do not have any civilization? Entry “ie black or colored” to mainland France.

In addition to the apparent exclusion of blacks, Napoleon instituted a law that violated the rights of married women, making them unable to study, travel, or sign a contract. It gave husbands the right to control their wives’ correspondence and, worse still, abuse and rape without legal consequences.

Macron erases the truth of Napoleon

Napoleon organized a coup against the ideals of the French Revolution, and his rule set Europe on fire and under the sword.

She said Macron should not have celebrated Napoleon, but as his re-election campaign begins, it is in his best interest to push the narrative that he is the “Bonapartist candidate,” which began during his first campaign in 2017.

So, when he says, “Napoleon’s life gives us a taste of the possible,” he might also be thinking of himself “the unknown young candidate whom no one has ever seen,” and when Macron says, “We love Napoleon,” he intentionally erases the fact that Napoleon was a warrior, racist, and misogynistic persecutor. .