The prefect of Haute-Savoie announced Wednesday April 21 the ban by decree of a demonstration of "
anti-masks
" scheduled for Sunday in Annecy, said the prefecture of the department in a statement.
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“
If the freedom to demonstrate or to assemble is a condition of democracy and one of the guarantees of respect for other rights and freedoms, it must nevertheless be reconciled with the protection of the right to health and the maintenance of public order
”, justified Pierre Lambert, the prefect of the department. "
However, during the previous demonstrations of this collective, the ostensible and systematic refusal of social distancing, barrier gestures and the wearing of masks, by the organizers and the participants was observed, thus constituting a real health risk
", a- he added.
The prefect believes that the holding of this new gathering, baptized "
In motion for freedoms
" and declared in the prefecture since April 16, "would
present a risk of rapid, simultaneous and large-scale transmission of the virus, given the mixing of population
”. He recalls that Haute-Savoie recorded an incidence rate of 290 per 100,000 inhabitants as of April 20, 2021, "
thus testifying to a still active circulation of the virus
". On March 22, around a thousand people gathered around Lake Annecy to demand relief from health measures.
