The mayor of Chevilly-Larue (Val-de-Marne), Stéphanie Daumin, said on Wednesday that she was the victim of a series of "
acts of intimidation
", including the recent assault on her son, in link with his denunciation of “
trafficking
” in his municipality.
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It's been 4 to 5 weeks that I suffered attacks, disorders that are getting worse
", told AFP the elected Communist.
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The most serious and unacceptable fact is that my 14-year-old child was attacked, there is a red line that has been crossed
."
On Monday, December 7, her son was assaulted on his way home from college.
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He starts to enter the house, a person in ambush enters and punches him before running off, he does not take the bike, the keys or a phone,
" reported Stéphanie Daumin.
"
Very clearly, these are acts of intimidation, there is no room for doubt on the question of a succession of chances
", she said, also referring to the damage caused "
on his car
”or even“
fireworks mortars aimed
”at his home.
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I see in particular a file on which I took positions that were unpleasant, especially in an environment of traffic, and I think that very clearly I am being made to pay
", added the mayor without giving more details.
Contacted by AFP, the Créteil prosecutor's office was not immediately available.
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When you have to put lookouts in front of your house ... something is wrong
"
Stéphanie Daumin has called on a private security service to protect her house and intends to ask for functional protection.
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If in our Republic, elected officials become targets to prevent them from acting, our democracy is in danger,
" said Stéphanie Daumin.
“
This requires a start, a reaction from the Republic, there must be a strong message
”.
With Le
Figaro
, the mayor (PS) of Alfortville Luc Carvounas, also president of the association of mayors of Val-de-Marne, describes a "
loss of reference
" and cites the many attacks against mayors and local elected officials identified since the beginning of the year.
According to figures from the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), 233 mayors were attacked from January to July against 198 last year at the same time.
For the whole of 2019, 383 elected officials suffered beatings or insults, against 361 in 2018.
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When you are forced to put lookouts in front of your home ... There is something wrong
", regrets the elected, who also deplores the neglect of the State on the issue of security: "
We are told that we are essential links ... But for the past few years we have been let down on all these subjects!
They close the police stations to us at night.
We are forced to deploy video protection in our cities at great expense, we have to call on private security companies to secure public buildings and equipment ...
"explains Luc Carvounas, who as mayor's representative"
simply asks that the law be applied, everywhere.
It is not.
Teachers, firefighters, doctors, mayors, all these symbolic professions are under attack.
As long as there are no heavy and exemplary sanctions, it will continue
”.