The mayor of Sainte-Soline as well as 15 other elected officials from surrounding municipalities want to express “the fear” of their citizens, as well as the “invasion” of their villages and the “degradation of private property and infrastructure”, in a letter open Thursday, reports France Bleu Poitou.
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16 mayors of municipalities around Sainte-Soline denounce in an open letter a “hostage taking” of their population after the violence in Sainte-Soline around the project of mega-basins, reports Thursday, April 6 France Bleu Poitou. The mayor of Sainte-Soline and 15 other elected officials from the surrounding municipalities signed an open letter on Thursday April 6 to react to the clashes between demonstrators and the police on March 25. Violence that follows those that have already occurred in October.
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The signatories wish to express “the fear” of their populations, as well as “the invasion” of their villages, the “dismay of farmers”there “damage to private property and infrastructure”THE “disaster” for their territories “tranquility, hospitality and tolerance”. According to them, “the anxiety, anguish and media pressure exerted on citizens is unbearable”. They say that some of their “children” and their “elders” are “shocked by such a surge”.
The 16 mayors fear new gatherings and call for “a start to come to your senses”. They also denounce the presence of elected officials at these gatherings banned by the prefecture. On March 25, 3,200 gendarmes and police officers were mobilized in Sainte-Soline in Deux-Sèvres. About 7,000 demonstrators according to the prefecture (30,000 according to the organizers) met to protest against the mega-basin project.
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