The elected officials of right, left and LREM of Marseille strongly condemned Tuesday, April 27 the racist remarks made by the president of a nautical club of the city during a port council, reported by the local media
Marsactu
.
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Referring to the problem of incivility during a meeting at the Pointe-Rouge marina organized under the aegis of the Aix-Provence-Marseille metropolis, on February 22, Christian Tommasini had raised the possibility of a "
ratonnade
", Attacking in very virulent and pejorative terms"
Arabs
", according to statements reported by
Marsactu
, recording of the session in support. Two elected officials, an LR vice-president of the Metropolis and an elected representative of Printemps Marseillais, the left-wing majority at the head of the city, attended this council. Deeming this controversy "
completely ridiculous
", Christian Tommasini, volunteer president of the Pointe Rouge Yachting Club, confirmed having made these remarks, explaining "
that his words had gone beyond his thought
”. Returning to the term “
ratonnade
”, he continued: “
I would never do something like that
”.
“
No French, whatever their origins, ideas or skin color, deserves the stigmatizing remarks that have been made. This is not acceptable,
”condemned the LR president of the metropolis Martine Vassal on Twitter. Denouncing on Twitter comments "
abject and unacceptable
", the mayor of Marseille Benoît Payan (PS) assured that the city "
suspended all its relations with this association
". The town hall has announced its intention to make a report to the public prosecutor of Marseille. On Tuesday, these comments were already reported to the prosecution by the association SOS Racisme and the Marseille collective "
too young to die.
», Which mobilizes city dwellers against violence.
Asked, the prosecution did not specify what follow-up he intended to give to these facts.
On the side of LREM, the deputy Claire Pitollat castigated remarks "
shocking and inadmissible
".
His counterpart Alexandra Louis, denouncing words "
abject (e) s
", questioned the attitude of Didier Réault, the vice-president for the metropolis delegated to the sea and the coast, present at the meeting, who should have "
Put a stop to this racist intervention
" and "
make an article 40 to take legal action
".
On Twitter, the latter clarified that he did not “
endorse
” these words.
