The Constitutional Council condemned the behavior of Jean Lassalle before the ballot box on April 24 and invalidated all the votes of the municipality of Lourdios-Ichère, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Explanations and reaction of the deputy.
Jean Lassalle’s stunt before the ballot box on April 24 will have served the entire municipality of Lourdios-Ichère, of which he was mayor until 2017, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. On the day of the second round, the deputy filmed himself about to put his ballot in the ballot box, before change your mind and to declare facing the camera: “For the first time in my life as a man, I am going to carry out one of the most important acts of my life: I denied to take part in this vote”. The deputy then shared the video on social networks, then breaking the electoral code. The Constitutional Council condemned this act and invalid all the votes of the municipality. ” He publicly staged his abstention and took the floor to express, in front of the ballot box, his refusal to participate in the election said the Sages. A behavior ” likely to alter the sincerity of the vote in this municipality “.
MP profusely apologizes
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In an open letter addressed to the Constitutional Council and shared on Twitter, Jean Lassalle said he was ready “ to pay the possible consequences with his gesture. ” I have the only one total responsibility of the act that I posed (…) one of the most important of my life “, he wrote, before apologizing to the inhabitants of the town of Lourdios-Ichère. ” I ask sorry to the office present, to all the citizens of the municipality of Lourdios-Ichère, for the great dishonor they have had to endure, because of me, since the commune has existed. I will do it personally with each of them, one by one “.
Self-flagellation as an outlet
Jean Lassalle explains that he was filmed by his son, not by TV and asks that the sanction imposed on his commune be lifting. He even goes further by asking to answer for this act before the justice : “ On the contrary, I ask you to initiate or cause to be initiated without delay the criminal proceedings that you mention against me. I want to publicly answer for my act and pay the possible consequences provided for by law: prison sentencewithdrawal of my civic rights, fines… “. Determined to assume his gesture in front of a criminal courtJean Lassalle threatens to appeal to whom it May concern for justice to be done.
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