“I will not collaborate” with Marine Le Pen in the event of victory for the RN presidential candidate, warns Tuesday the boss of the French Office for Immigration and Integration (Ofii), Didier Leschi, freshly reappointed to the head of this administration.
A political authority at odds with “our republican traditions”
The rule for a senior civil servant, “is to serve even if the administration does not come from his civic choice, which is protected by the secrecy of the voting booth”, explains the prefect Leschi, renewed in January at the head of the Ofii, a body under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior responsible for orchestrating migration policy.
But in the event of Marine Le Pen’s victory in the second round on April 24, “I will not collaborate”, told AFP Didier Leschi, director general of this administration since 2015.
“I will not be able to collaborate with a political authority which I will have the deep conviction that it is at odds with our republican traditions”, insists the former prefect delegate for equal opportunities in Seine-Saint-Denis, 63 years old. . “Especially when you pursue a public policy that takes care of human situations first.”
Blocking Marine Le Pen in the second round
If Didier Leschi is one of the few prefects to position himself publicly, the voluntary sector specializing in the care of exiles calls more broadly to block the candidate of the National Rally.
“Never has the public debate given so much space to its ideas and its programs which call into question our republican values, the defense of democracy, freedom, equality and fraternity”, worried the association. France land of asylum in a press release on Friday, calling to vote Emmanuel Macron.
This “dam” will not prevent “then from bringing our demands into the public debate and from continuing to fight to defend open, generous asylum and immigration policies, faithful to our convictions”, defended the association. state operator.