CGTN published this video of “former French Presidential Candidate,” Jacques Cheminade, talking about Western reactions to the novel coronavirus, and several leaders’ responses in relation to China.
Measuring consequences and taking responsibility are true governance. Scapegoating and dropping human priorities in favor of profits will blind leaders from seeing problems within their own country and doom them into making disastrous decisions.
CGTN YouTube Channel
This video is presented without any supporting context. Cheminade is described in online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, as “a French-Argentinian political activist and conspiracy theorist” who “has thrice run for President of France.”
While what he is saying may have some echoes of good ideas, the source is not necessarily entirely reliable, which does detract from the message.
His performance in those three French Presidential elections?
- In 1995 Cheminade obtained 0.27% of the votes cast
- In 2012 0.25% of the votes
- In 2017 0.18% of votes cast
As a defence of China, perhaps silence would have been a better advocate than this?