2 hours agoFrance hits Assad hard with this move
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)After the missile strike in Syria, Paris suddenly realized that Bashar Assad still holds the most prestigious decoration of the country's Honour Legion, taken in 2001 by then French President Jacques Chirac, local media reported. France has initiated a procedure to lift the Honorary Legion of the President of Syria [...]
France has initiated a procedure to lift the Honorary Legion of Syria President Bashar Assad, according to an official source from the French presidency. “The Ellis pallati has confirmed that a disciplinary procedure will attract the Honorary Legion issued to Assad,” was quoted by the official source of the French presidency, reports “RT” Transmission Periscope.
Assad became a knight of the Order Legion (Legion d'Honneur in French), the country's highest decoration in 2001, when former French President Jacques Chirac had donated it. At that time, he had just come from his father, Hafez Assad, who had ruled Syria for decades.
A resolution was adopted in 2010 to facilitate the removal of foreign price recipients if they had carried out <x0 actions that were not in line with honour”, according to BFM TV. Under France's laws, decorations are automatically withdrawn if the recipient is sentenced to less than a year.
These news comes after recently a US-led attack had bombed Syria, as it had used chemical weapons against its civilians.. /Periscopi/
