Frictions Over France's Election
May 6 2017 By Abiodun Giwa
The presidential election in France has not been concluded, but there are frictions already over the election, concerning hacking of Emmanuel Macron before the election.
The hackers of Macron have not been fully established, but accusing fingers have been directed at Russia.
It is not certain whether the hacking and circulation of information about Macron from the hacking will affect the election results.
But there is palpable worry about hackers working to influence elections from outside the country.
Already, Macron is said to be leading his opponent, Marine Le Pen, with about 20 percent in the polls.
The news of the hacking has made political observers to begin thinking that France's election may go the way of the United States elections, where Russian hackers gave information to Wikileaks for publication, and with serious effect on the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. However, there is no news of damaging information in the information said to have been released by hackers on Macron.
Just few days ago, Clinton mentioned the Russian factor as part of the reasons she lost the election in the U.S. Although, she said she was wholly responsible for loss as a candidate, without a mention of her use of private email as a secretary of state and the fire it caused that led to the James Comey's FBI factor in her loss of the election. Unlike Macron, who is not under any form of adverse investigation.
President Francois Hollande has vowed to punish the hackers of Macron, just like President Barack Obama did in the U.S. over the hacking of the Democratic Party's computers and the adverse information about the interaction between members of the party, Clinton and the chairman of her campaign organization.
Many people are betting on Macron to emerge as the president of France from this election despite the hacking news, because he has no other adverse issues around him capable of upsetting polls' results.
The hackers of Macron have not been fully established, but accusing fingers have been directed at Russia.
It is not certain whether the hacking and circulation of information about Macron from the hacking will affect the election results.
But there is palpable worry about hackers working to influence elections from outside the country.
Already, Macron is said to be leading his opponent, Marine Le Pen, with about 20 percent in the polls.
The news of the hacking has made political observers to begin thinking that France's election may go the way of the United States elections, where Russian hackers gave information to Wikileaks for publication, and with serious effect on the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. However, there is no news of damaging information in the information said to have been released by hackers on Macron.
Just few days ago, Clinton mentioned the Russian factor as part of the reasons she lost the election in the U.S. Although, she said she was wholly responsible for loss as a candidate, without a mention of her use of private email as a secretary of state and the fire it caused that led to the James Comey's FBI factor in her loss of the election. Unlike Macron, who is not under any form of adverse investigation.
President Francois Hollande has vowed to punish the hackers of Macron, just like President Barack Obama did in the U.S. over the hacking of the Democratic Party's computers and the adverse information about the interaction between members of the party, Clinton and the chairman of her campaign organization.
Many people are betting on Macron to emerge as the president of France from this election despite the hacking news, because he has no other adverse issues around him capable of upsetting polls' results.
