On his personal Facebook page, Michel Chapuis welcomed, on Tuesday, the arrival in Puy-en-Velay of the candidate Les Républicains in the presidential election. The problem is that, in the process, the mayor (or his communication department) also published the same text on the page of the City of Le Puy.
The elected ponot said there to be “very happy to welcome Valérie Pécresse in our beautiful city ponot, and to make him discover some of our architectural treasures”. The city councilor also cites the proposals unveiled by the candidate in favor of the installation of doctors in rural areas.
A “deeply shocking” practice according to Laurent Johanny
The reaction was not long in coming from elected officials, Laurent Johanny (Génération.s) in the lead. Less than ten minutes after the publication, the opposition municipal councilor reacted on his Facebook page: “The communication department of the City of Puy-en-Velay, paid by each citizen, is clearly at the service of a candidacy for the presidential election “.
A “deeply shocking” practice according to Laurent Johanny, who writes: “This is totally unethical and I demand that the mayor be held accountable for this”.
The first federal secretary of the PS de la Loire and regional adviser, Johann Cesa, also reacted on Twitter : “The official Facebook account of the town hall of Puy-en-Velay promotes the trip of Valérie Pécresse with Laurent Wauquiez. So public money would be used for electoral propaganda? If so, it’s illegal.”
Since then, the cleaning has been done. The post has been deleted. As for Michel Chapuis, interviewed by Progress, he swept the subject: “I did not read these reactions. I don’t answer that. »