FRANCE MIA Gerald Darmanin instructed the Paris police prefect to check the accuracy of media information, which reported the participation of a number of French ministers in the underground parties in restaurants that should be closed due to coronavirus pandemic.
“I asked the prefect of the Paris police to check the accuracy of the reported facts, so that if they are confirmed, bringing the organizers and participants of these secret lunches to the responsibility of the organizers and participants.” Wrote Darmannen in Twitter.
In the report, which came out on the M6 TV channel, it is about the allegedly active underground restaurant located on the road of Paris. There are neither waiters nor customers wear masks. Also, the TV channel showed frames with a closed party, where dozens of people came without masks and do not comply with the social distance. Shot in the report is made by a hidden camera.
Journalists contacted one of the organizers of parties, he was presented as a collector. The man whose voice was changed, spoke about what was present in dinners in restaurants in which a number of members of the French government took part.
Paris police prefecture confirmed that he opened an investigation to establish organizers and participants of underground parties.
by order of the authorities, bars, cafes and restaurants remain closed in France from the end of October due to the coronavirus epidemic.
Penalty for violation of restrictions is 135 euros. The organizers of underground parties may threaten to one year in prison and a fine of 15 thousand euros.