The association "
The voice of the Roma
" filed a complaint on Friday February 10 for "
incitement to hatred
" and "
illegal expulsion
" against the mayor of the town of Villeron (Val-d'Oise) after the destruction of a camp by residents, she said.
Sunday, February 5, more than a hundred people had met in the afternoon at the Bois de Villeron, near Roissy-en-France, to demonstrate against the installation since October of a dozen of Roma families.
“People without faith or law”
After the departure of the sixty Roma, several vindictive inhabitants destroyed the huts, according to the departmental gendarmerie.
Mayor Dominique Kudla (SE) called in an excavator to destroy the camp.
AFP failed to reach the mayor on Friday.
“
This perfectly illegal operation crowned a veritable campaign of incitement to hatred led by the mayor of Villeron
”, denounces the association “
La voix des Roms
” in a press release sent to AFP.
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The organization notes that in the last issue of the municipal magazine, dated January, the elected representative designates the Roma as "
intruders
", a "
people without faith or law
".
"
Determined in its fight against anti-Gypsyism, La Voix des Roms has lodged a complaint with the public prosecutor, who has already launched an investigation into the events of February 5
", she adds, calling for "
the responsible (...) answer for their actions
”.
Open investigation
An investigation, entrusted to the Isle-Adam research brigade, was opened by the Val-d'Oise gendarmerie group, under the direction of the Pontoise prosecutor's office.
It "
aims to clarify the course of the facts
", determine "
the role of the different people
" and "
whether or not there was violence against people as well as damage to property
", said the prosecution on Tuesday.
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For his part, the prefect of Val-d'Oise Philippe Court "
disapproved
" of the methods used by local residents.
According to groups defending the rights of Roma people, the families were shocked and upset by the eviction.
An eviction procedure was underway before the administrative court of Pontoise, said the urban community Roissy Pays de France, owner of the land, specifying "
not to condone
" the violence.
