Thursday March 21, the Community Council of the Agglo Rochefortaise saw elected officials clash over various questions at the very end of the meeting.
It was the mayor of Loire-les-Marais, Éric Recht who started the angry debate.
“I propose to financially support the collective of residents living near the Timac factory.
This is a major health issue and we know that the pollution has affected several municipalities in addition to Tonnay-Charente.
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Indeed, the collective must raise 5,000 euros to finance the first studies of the law firm of Corinne Lepage who must defend it.
If he can count on the help of the municipality of Tonnay-Charente, this is not won on the side of the Roehefort Océan urban community (Caro).
“There are many legal issues, why help this one and not the others?
I consider that this is not our role,” replied the president of Caro, Hervé Blanché.
The City of Tonnay-Charente will file a complaint against
" I am very disappointed !
said Eric Recht.
I haven't seen many Caro elected officials during public meetings.
The distress of local residents is significant.
They have the possibility of being accompanied by a specialized law firm, the least we can do is to support them in this major health scandal.
If we do nothing, we will be held accountable.
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Éric Authiat, the mayor of Tonnay-Charente, confirmed his support for the collective and announced that the municipality would file a complaint against X. “The pollution on this land is surely due to activities prior to Timac.
We are committed because we are the owners of this site and municipal agents have intervened there.
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On Thursday, April 4, a constituent meeting of the collective will take place in the presence of the 25 people who volunteer to lead it.
We will know that evening what legal form the structure which will fight to obtain compensation will take.
The environmental defense association Pays Rochefortais Alert' (PRA) supports the collective and will also file a complaint for environmental damage.
Gérard Garder of PRA says he is surprised by Hervé Blanché's negative reaction.
“We are going to ask for subsidies from all local authorities.
I find it a bit cavalier that the president of Caro reacted like that before having received the official request.
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