Not surprisingly, it was a failure. The new mayor of Perpignan, Louis Aliot (National Rally), did not manage to be elected president of the urban community Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole, this Saturday. The favorite of Saint-Estève, Robert Vila (Les Républicains), who was a favorite, won with 49 votes to 33, out of a total of 88 voters.
"We are free elected representatives, free people and I ask you not to let yourself be impressed by minority positions that are trying to put pressure," Louis Aliot said in the morning in his speech transcribed on his Facebook page. He hoped to convince various right-wing elected officials.
Increase in his mayor's allowance
Robert Vila, who was betting on a sort of “common front” against the mayor of Perpignan, therefore succeeded.
No surprise, finally: Louis Aliot fails to take the urban community of Perpignan. He was not a favorite but has made a lot of calls in recent days to convince elected officials. https://t.co/O0GjEB6hNo
- Alex Sulzer (@Alexsulzer) July 11, 2020Especially since an urban community, like other public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation (Epic) such as a community of municipalities or a metropolis, has several powers. She is in charge, in particular, of city policy as well as town and country planning and economic development, details the public life site.
Did Louis Aliot anticipate his defeat? Friday, by voting for a 17% increase in his compensation for mayor, he assured that he would "not combine two allowances, that of mayor and that of president of the agglomeration like the former mayor," reports France Bleu Roussillon. "You promised a fairer city. You have to give up. You must be exemplary, ”replied an opposition adviser, Bruno Nougayrede.