Robert Chardon, mayor of the French town of Venelles has been sent to a psychiatric hospital after voicing a negative opinion of Islam.
Chardon earned media fame after voicing his views on twitter, in a tweet which read “ban the muslim faith in France”. He later added with confidence that Islam will be banned in just over a decade. His words were sadly defiled, after he was hurriedly silenced and he was sent to a psychiatric ward for what was called “an account of incoherent statements”.
Virtually everyone in France is in a flurry of panic, trying to dissociate from him and his views. His party, his close colleagues, the people of Venelles, and also Nicolas Sarkozy, the former French president.
The French UMP party, of which Chadon was a part, is now seeking to remove Chardon from the party, over his “absurd statements, which do not correspond one bit with the values of the UMP”
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy also voiced his condemnation of Chardon’s opinions on twitter, adding that “rights and limits, they go together”.
Patricia Saez, who filled in for Chardon during a sick leave in December 2014, was also more than eager to throw in her own statements about Chardon, as she said that “The views of [the Venelles city council] do not correspond at all with those of Robert Chardon, which up until now, have proved an attachment without fail to the principles and values of the republic in exercising his tenure.”
Despite being alienated by his colleagues, his party, his constituents, even his family, Chardon does not, however, back down. He claims over twitter that “Yes, I am the author” of his remarks. He refuses to back down from his views, insisting that “he who practises [islam] must immediately be escorted out of the borders”, and proclaims that “the [French] Republic is to favour the practise of Christianity”.
It is astonishing how the French Republic protects the freedom of speech for all groups except that of the native French people. Ironically, the prohibition of opinions which disagree with those of the government was something practised by the Soviet Union, which was known for locking up those disagreed with the state’s agenda, labelling all such individuals as ‘mentally ill’.
Robert Chardon is a brave man. He chooses to voice his views, however unpopular, however radical, even when he is made a political prisoner over them, even when he is alienated by his entire republic and his countrymen. In the future, maybe a decade or two from now, Mr. Chardon will be labeled a hero for his words.
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