Complaints, resignations and poisoning at the town hall of Menton, a war of succession worthy of a television series
In the streets, on the terraces, during the pétanque games on the sandy beach, at the Caisse du Supermarche Carrefour, we only talk about "that".But only with friends or trusted people.Menton merchants prefer to comment in a low voice, as the subject is sensitive.One of the butchers on the market even refuses to answer questions: he is afraid of losing customers.Several followers would have stopped coming to buy their dialing after a remark that would have passed badly, a fortnight ago.
"This city is a small village," says Anne-Marie Gameno-Morena, a 73-year-old retiree, seated at the cafe with her husband, her ex-husband and her grandson.Chin has approximately 30,000 inhabitants housed mainly in colored postcard buildings.Here, rumors circulate faster than sea strokes.
The subject that burns all the lips is the open war that Yves Juhel and Sandra Paire, the first two assistants of Jean-Claude Guibal, were delivered, the mayor in place suddenly on October 25, 2021, at age80 years old.All against the backdrop of judicial investigations involving the clan of this baron of the Riviera Policy, deputy Les Républicains from 1997 to 2017, suspected by the Nice prosecutor's office of "corruption", "illegal taking of interests" and"Missing of public funds".
At the municipal council, the former majority of resigning
This Friday, January 8, judicial police officers go to the town hall, like almost every week, question certain municipal employees, inspect computers, take photos.At the town hall, we have the feeling of "living in a TV series".It is true that the scenario is promising: a barony under the palm trees worried by the justice, the death of the patriarch, a political family that is tearing itself apart and a city now almost cut in half.
On the one hand, the support of the new mayor, Yves Juhel, 76 years old.The ex-second assistant who made two terms alongside the former councilor was elected on November 9 by the municipal council.He presents himself in the continuity of his predecessor, but with "changes": "transparency, in particular", he specifies acting a certain distance from the system put in place by Jean-Claude Guibal, which offact will remain presumed innocent.
Yves Juhel won the election with 18 votes to 17, supported by the elected officials of the opposition following a freezing municipal council.But cascade resignations of 21 elected officials from the former majority in the wake of the vote, so as to provoke a new election, forced the Menton to return to the ballot box on January 30 and 6 February.
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