His departure had already been rumored by Valérie Pécresse, in the middle of a meeting of the regional council.
It is now official.
According to information from Le Monde confirmed by Le Parisien, the prefect of police of Paris Didier Lallement will leave his post on July 20 at the end of the Council of Ministers.
65-year-old Didier Lallement, criticized for his muscular vision of maintaining order, has been at the head of the Paris police headquarters (PP) since March 2019, after the ransacking of the avenue des Champs-Élysées during of a mobilization of yellow vests.
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Implicated for his management of public order during the incidents that occurred around the Stade de France during the recent final of the Champions League, the prefect of police had recognized "a failure" and imprecise figures on the number of counterfeit tickets or fans without tickets.
" All in good time… !
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Several police sources reported to AFP that Didier Lallement had already mentioned, well before the Stade de France fiasco, his desire to leave the "PP" at the end of the summer to return to his original administration, the Court of Auditors, before retiring.
" All in good time… !
The departure of the prefect Lallement is of republican salubrity.
The government that has constantly encouraged him should take the same path, right?
“, tweeted the deputy France Insoumise of Seine-Saint-Denis Clémentine Autain.
All in good time... !
The departure of the prefect Lallemant is of republican salubrity.
The government that has constantly encouraged him should take the same path, right?
#MotionDeCensure https://t.co/WBsAKcPs5D
– Clementine Autain (@Clem_Autain) July 11, 2022
On the other side of the political spectrum, we are also delighted: “Best news of the summer: the departure of the prefect #Lallement is now certain!
“Posted Florian Philippot, president of the far-right party Les Patriotes.
Laurent Nunez, the current national coordinator of intelligence and the fight against terrorism, who has also been secretary of state to the interior minister and police chief of Bouches-du-Rhône, is widely favored to succeed him .
According to our information, his arrival on July 21 has already been announced to several department heads, but it has not, for the moment, been validated by any publication in the Official Journal.