The left opposition is concerned about “governance by fear”, after several surveillance measures and the new closed door imposed on the regional assembly.
By Richard Schittly (Lyon, correspondent)
In Lyon, a potential candidate for the supreme magistracy seeks to surreptitiously erase the name of a former President of the Republic. The rose pot was discovered by the unions, at the turn of a service note, intended for directors of assistant services and directors. Laurent Wauquiez asked for the change of name of the official address of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council (aura), based in Lyon, substituting the name of the François-Mitterrand esplanade, located in front of the main entrance, at that of the Charlemagne course, which runs along the building.
“It is a question of making the region more accessible and more visible to users”, justifies the entourage of the president (Les Républicains, LR) of the region, for whom the new address corresponds better to the names of the stops of close public transport. An ideological choice? “Not at all, it’s pragmatic,” replies the firm of the leader of the regional right. The measurement must be applied from the 1 er January 2023.
“Such a decision results exclusively from your desire to try to erase from the collective memory a former President of the Republic, whose action and image of statesman continue to disturb the most conservative Between you, “reacted Johann Cesa, vice-president of the socialist group. For the left opposition, this change of address with high symbolic significance, without prior consultation, illustrates “the increasingly brutal methods of a character who would like to claim the highest functions”, according to Fabienne Grébert, president of the group Ecologist at the Aura region.
barriers, control points
The opposition elected officials notably denounced the organization of the Plenary Assembly, which takes place on Thursday December 15 and Friday 16 December, while Mr. Wauquiez had already imposed the videoconferencing, in October at The day after revelations about “a summary dinner”, bringing together decision -makers around the only president of the region, at a cost of 150,000 euros. Restricted access, prohibited to the outside public, was decided on Monday 12 December by the regional executive, without informing the presidents of groups. Reason: “The risk of intrusion of extremist groups inside the building, likely to disturb public order”, according to the explanation provided to elected officials by email. At the start of the session, Laurent Wauquiez said he had received “an alert from the prefecture services”.
According to information from the world, this is an intelligence note, evoking the possibility of an action by Greenpeace activists, Rebellion extinction, or Youth for Climate, without precision on their alleged project. “Expressing violence is never the right way to defend his convictions. I see with concern increasingly increase this type of actions done by extremist groups. They are the same that blocks highways and peripherals In the morning with people who are going to work, “argued Mr. Wauquiez, also referring to” those who attack works of art “.
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