The shock is total. A video released today on social media is causing a real scandal. It shows Bally Bagayoko, the new LFI mayor of Saint-Denis, speaking publicly to a group of people, microphone in hand.
While he confirmed the start of a "disarmament process" for the municipal police, he very clearly expressed his intention to remove any municipal officers who were not politically aligned with his position. This is obviously completely illegal!
During his speech, Bally Bagayoko thus declared, without any shame and before the adoring gaze of his courtiers:
“Naturally, while we know that public servants are primarily serving a public policy, we also know that some will, at some point, find it difficult to support a project they have opposed. And that is why, as I mentioned earlier, we will, of course, respect everyone's choices. But it will not be possible to remain, for example, in a public safety department while aspiring to support a political option that was defeated at the ballot box.”
These are completely illegal statements.
In a local democracy, municipal employees do not serve a political party, but rather the general interest and the continuity of public service. Any exclusion based on real or perceived political opinions would be contrary to the fundamental principles governing the civil service.
Can a mayor give the impression that the municipal administration must be ideologically aligned with his political majority? Absolutely not! This is nothing more than a partisan drift incompatible with the rule of law.
Watch the shameful speech of Bally Bagayoko, the new LFI mayor of Saint-Denis :
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