A resident of a commune of 4,000 inhabitants pinned a deputy mayor against a wall and then threatened to kill him. In response, 23 of the 27 municipal councilors announced their resignation. The mayor demands “that we respect elected officials”.
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The mayor of Lauris, in the Vaucluse, and his entire group resign from the municipal council after the aggression of one of his deputies by a resident, reports France Bleu Vaucluse on Monday June 19.
Tuesday, June 13, Thierry Dernis, the assistant delegate for the Roads, answers a resident who came to ask him for help for a flood in his house after the big storms which affected the region. The chosen one puts him in contact with the union that takes care of the sewers. At the end of the day, Thierry Dernis returns to the Laurisien’s home.
“He said he was going to find me and kill me”
This is where the tone rises. “He asks me to do the report for his water damage, but I answer him that it is not my responsibility“, says the chosen one. “For no apparent reason“, the man grabs him by the clothes, presses him against the wall and begins to raise his fist. Thierry Dernis flees and finds refuge in his car. But the resident follows him and threatens him: “He stood in front of my hood, and told me he was going to find me and kill me.“
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André Rousset, the mayor of this town of 4,000 inhabitants, therefore wanted to mark the occasion. “It has to stop. We have to respect the elected officials, the police, the school teachers.“The 23 elected members of his group, out of the 27 municipal councillors, have resigned. These resignations have yet to be accepted by the prefect.
“A municipal elected official who is committed to his community must be protected more than reason“, affirms for his part the Renaissance deputy of Vaucluse, Jean-François Lovisolo, former co-president of the association of mayors of Vaucluse. With the deputy of Yvelines Karl Olive, he is carrying a bill which aims to further protect the elected municipal officials. He wishes that “the quantum of the penalty in the event of an attack on local and municipal elected officials is the same as when attacking a gendarme or a police officerr”.