Ten days after the surprise resignation of Jean-François Fountoine (DVG), the Municipal Council of La Rochelle chose his designated Dauphin Thibaut Guiraud on Monday to happen to the position of mayor of the city. The candidate of the outgoing majority, alone in the race, obtained 24 votes, while only 26 of the 49 municipal elected officials participated in the vote, the main opposition group refused to do so.
Its leader, Franck Cup, denounced in the resignation of Jean-François Fountaine, who retains his mandate as an advisor and the presidency of the agglomeration, “a political maneuver that (…) is similar to a pure masquerade.” “It is unacceptable that the mayor renounces an assistant in search of light, in search of recognition, a few months from the next elections,” said the elected official during the session broadcast on the Internet.
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