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Municipal: those candidates who claim the cancellation of the first round

2020-04-06T17:51:46.766Z


Remedies, petitions, letters to the President of the Republic, elected officials and candidates come together as a group to request the cancellation of a scr


"What happened on March 15? Simply theft! This is how a collective of almost a hundred mayors addressed Emmanuel Macron to ask him to cancel the first round of municipal elections in all the municipalities, including those which have already set up a new team. "Candidates have been elected, but what is their real legitimacy when so many inhabitants have privileged their lives to their vote? Question these elected officials and candidates, while the executive is still considering organizing a second round on June 21 and therefore maintaining the results of the first.

Renaud George, LREM mayor of Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or (3,000 inhabitants) in the Lyon metropolis, is one of the organizers of this movement which is making every effort to cancel the election: appeal to the administrative jurisdictions, legal advice, constitution of a collective, online petition with nearly 11,000 signatories, letter to the President of the Republic…

The “sacrifices of March 15”

To everyone's surprise, Renaud George was beaten on the evening of the first round by the environmental candidate. "We lost 25% of participation compared to the last municipal, recalls the elected official by meticulously paring the electoral lists of his commune. The elderly as well as the young parents did not move, for fear of being infected. "And to conclude:" This first round is totally unfair and inequitable. I do not want to be part of the sacrifices of March 15. The first round must be canceled, for everyone. "

Outgoing mayor of Dannemarie (2,250 souls) in the Haut-Rhin, Paul Mumbach was also swept by surprise in the first round. His department, among the first hit by the epidemic, was already partially confined in mid-March and the participation rate in his commune was therefore only 46.20%, against more than 70% usually.

Thousands of claims

"This is not necessarily the time to talk about this, the elected officials are modest on these issues currently, more occupied by funeral directors and cemetery places", he explains, confiding having also filed a appeal to the administrative court. To invalidate this election, his lawyer relies on the electoral code which stipulates that in municipalities of less than 1,000 inhabitants, you must obtain more than 25% of the registered voters to be elected in the first round. And points to the injustice of two different regimes depending on the size of the municipalities.

"Bad losers!" "Quipped some on social media. However, these activists for the cancellation of the first round are not all defeated. In Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, a municipality of 1,900 inhabitants of Gironde, the mayor, Yves d'Amécourt, (Gironde) was not a candidate for his succession. And it was the LFI list that won on March 15. Forced to act for a few more months, he too filed an online petition.

"We have gone from 80% to 60% participation," says Yves d'Amécourt. The elderly were confined and did not go to vote. Universal suffrage has been flouted. He too files an appeal. "There are already about fifty per department," he estimates. We will reach a total of several thousand appeals in France. "

A unanimously elected mayor

He also explains preparing, with Renaud George, an action before the Council of State to cancel the poll. "And if we are rejected, we will go to the European Court of Human Rights," he promises.

In Saint-Brès, a municipality of 3,000 residents of Hérault, the situation is even more unusual. The mayor, without label, Laurent Jaoul, who was a candidate for a third mandate was re-elected on March 15 with… 100% of the votes. With his 25 running mate, he has just filed an appeal to have an election which he considers “insincere” canceled.

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"The day before the first round, I had also called voters to ask them not to go to vote because our town was already affected by Covid-19," he explains. Result, in Saint-Brès the first round posted 17% of participation. “The day before the first round, the Prime Minister asked the French not to go out any more but kept the ballot. He sent the voters to the slaughterhouse. "

Source: leparis

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