RN deputy Louis Aliot was elected mayor of Perpignan on Friday by the municipal council, after his victory over the outgoing mayor LR in this city of 120,000 inhabitants, the RN's first major municipal take since Toulon in 1995.
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" We are there thanks to a clear democratic choice of the Perpignan people, " said Louis Aliot in the town hall, where the municipal council was held. In a very consensual speech, he expressed his desire to " build a new dynamic and united Perpignan " in the face of the " feeling of abandonment " prevailing according to him in a city weighed down by high rates of poverty and unemployment.
On his fourth attempt to conquer the Catalan city, he was elected on Sunday in the second round to head an unlabeled list with 53% of the vote, facing the mayor Les Républicains Jean-Marc Pujol (47%). This historic framework of the National Front received the votes of 42 advisers on Friday, out of a total of 57.
" Trafficking of all kinds will stop "
" Trafficking of all kinds will stop, " he promised, announcing a redeployment of the municipal police and " assistance to the victims ". In terms of security, " I demand from the State that the means be put in place, " he said. He also set as a priority " the fight against unworthy housing " especially in the gypsy district of Saint-Jacques in the city center. It is together that we are working and that we will succeed, "he insisted, indicating that he wanted to open the town hall commissions to the opposition.
" We will be the voice of the 52,000 Perpignan residents who did not vote for you, " retorted her rival Chantal Bruzzi, adding the votes gathered by Jean-Marc Pujol and the abstainers. The next deadline for Louis Aliot will be Monday, July 13, the agglomeration council of which he seeks the presidency. But this 50-year-old lawyer could face a barrage of mayors without labels and LR.
In accordance with the rule on the cumulation of mandates, he will cede his seat as a deputy for the Pyrénées-Orientales, which he won in 2017, to his deputy, Catherine Pujol.
