French foreign minister quits after offer of help to Quash Jasmine Revolution
Hey, need help quashing that rebellion against your tyranny? Just call the conservatives in France…
Alliot-Marie sparked controversy when she said France could help Tunisia to quash protests that led to the fall of the Tunisian government.
Only days before the regime fell in January’s ‘Jasmine Revolution,’ she suggested that French security experts could help train Tunisian riot police to control the popular uprising.
Her position became increasingly untenable when it was revealed that she had taken a holiday in the former French colony at the time of the popular uprisings.
For the December vacation, Alliot-Marie had used the private jet of a businessman linked to the Ben Ali regime from whom her parents also bought stakes in a company.
Opposition politicians demanded that Alliot-Marie resign and the politician also faced criticism from French newspapers over perceived ‘lies’ and ‘untruths.’