Welcoming a mayor who “was the honor of the Republic”, the first deputy secretary of the PS, Johanna Rolland, felt that “an elected official should never be forced to choose between protecting his family and exercising his public mandate”.
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The Socialist Party (PS) is calling for a symbolic march on May 24 in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique), in support of Mayor Yannick Morez, who resigned after threats linked to a project to transfer a reception center for asylum seekers, announced Thursday, May 11 the first deputy secretary of the PS, Johanna Rolland, on BFMTV.
“When what happened in Saint-Brevin, the whole Republic backs down”she said, inviting “all elected officials attached to the values of the Republic, activists, sympathizers, all humanists who refuse to give in to the intimidation of the National Rally”to be “many” That day.
A joint appeal with an association of elected officials
This call is launched jointly with the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure and the first deputy vice-president of the Association of mayors of France André Laignel, she specified. Lamenting that “the trivialization of the parliamentary far right has liberated throughout the territory, the speech and now the action of individuals or groups who feel legitimate to spread the venom of racism”they say in a joint press release: “we will not let it go”.
Saluting a mayor who “has been the honor of the Republic”Johanna Rolland estimated that “an elected official should never be forced to choose between protecting his family and exercising his public mandate”.
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