French National Assembly member Valérie Boyer, who is also the press secretary of ex-PM François Fillon who has won the primaries of the French right-wings and centrists, found herself in a scandal.

France 2 TV invited Boyer to comment on Fillon’s victory, according to Le Figaro daily of France. She went on the air wearing a chain with an Armenian cross; but this caused a heated reaction on the Internet.

In accordance with French legislation, the public display of religious symbols is prohibited in the country.

Many Internet users accused the MP of violating the laws of the country and breaking the rules of the secular state.

On that day, Valérie Boyer commented on François Fillon’s victory on the air of several other TV channels as well.

Some time after her interview with France 2, she was on the air of BFM TV, but this time without the Armenian cross.