Two left-wing opposition groups to the president of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, LR presidential candidate, announced on Friday that they were filing a legal action against the latter's decision to finance lethal weapons for the municipal police.
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The communist and environmental groups of the regional council have filed an appeal with the administrative court of Montreuil because of the "
illegal nature of this political choice
", they announced Friday in a joint press release.
In September, the right-wing majority at the head of the first region of France had an amendment adopted to finance the lethal armament of municipal police, among a series of measures of the "
security shield
" launched by Ms. Pécresse since her first election. end of 2015. But on January 18, the regional prefect, seized under the control of the legality of the opposition groups PCF and LFI, sent a gracious appeal to Ms. Pécresse, asking her to cancel three deliberations, dating from 2017 and 2021 , laying on this shield.
"
No text can legally establish the subsidization by the regional council of municipal police equipment
”, wrote Marc Guillaume, recalling that the “
competence in matters of public order
” belongs “
to the mayor and to the prefect of the department
”.
“
Despite this serious alert
”, Mr. Pécresse “
decided to pursue extra-legal funding and, on January 28, 2022, subsidized for the first time lethal weapons for the benefit of the municipal police of Nangis (Seine-et -Marne)
”, emphasize the communist and environmental groups.
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In her response to the prefect, Ms. Pécresse was "
surprised
" by a free appeal arising "
after six years of application of this policy and 27 deliberations transmitted to her control, all validated, and while recent agreements with the State have been signed with the Prefect of Police
”.
The elected Communists also challenged before the administrative justice the decision of the right-wing majority to finance drones for the municipal police, while the Constitutional Council recently prohibited the municipal police from using them.
