The Socialist Party calls for a symbolic march on May 24 in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique) in support of the resigning mayor Yannick Morez (DVD), announced Thursday the first deputy secretary of the party, Johanna Rolland, on BFMTV. He left his post after threats related to a plan to transfer a reception centre for asylum seekers.
"An elected official should never be in a position to choose between protecting his or her family and exercising his or her public office." @Johanna_Rolland calls for a march in solidarity with Yannick Morez, on Wednesday, May 24 at #SaintBrévin.pic.twitter.com/7xjStBd7pC
— Socialist Party (@partisocialiste) May 11, 2023
"When what happened in Saint-Brévin, the whole Republic goes backwards," said the mayor of Nantes. "A mayor should never be in a position to choose between exercising his mandate and protecting his loved ones," she added. She invites "all elected officials attached to the values of the Republic, activists, sympathizers, all humanists who refuse to give in to the intimidation of the National Rally", to be "numerous" that day.
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An appeal launched jointly with the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure and the first deputy vice-president of the Association of Mayors of France André Laignel, she said.
In a statement, all three stressed that the resignation of the mayor "is an alarm for all Republicans". "No one should accept that a mayor who fulfills his duty of fraternity by hosting a place of accommodation for asylum seekers, can be intimidated and suffer the burning of his own house," they say, regretting that the State, "after being alerted, did not react by leaving this elected alone in the face of the threat of the extreme right."
"We will not let it pass"
Deploring that "the trivialization of the parliamentary far right has freed throughout the territory, the speech and now the action of individuals or groups who feel legitimate to spread the venom of racism", they affirm: "We will not let it pass".
Since the resignation of Yannick Morez, the political class has been revolted by the situation, including Elisabeth Borne, who is worried about the "rise of extremism in our country". His entourage said she would offer to receive the resigning elected official at Matignon "next week". The inhabitants of this commune of Loire-Atlantique were also widely indignant following this resignation, including people who oppose this project to move the reception center for asylum seekers.
