Mohamed Boudjellaba, the new various left and EELV mayor of Givors, received an anonymous letter on August 21 containing racist insults and death threats. Elected on June 28, he denounced the facts on Saturday evening on social networks. The city councilor alerted the prosecutor and the prefect.
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The various left and EELV mayor of Givors, municipality of the Metropolis of Lyon, Mohamed Boudjellaba, received an anonymous four-page letter, “4 pages of slander, racial hatred and threats“, indicates the elected on his twitter thread. Mohamed Boudjellaba wanted to make the case public by revealing on social networks extracts of this hateful and violent mail towards him …
“You know how it looks like a bomb in a house, it goes boom” or “Go crazy the camp bougnoule if you do not want to burn like 1 merguez”... can one read in particular in this letter received Friday August 21. The author of this letter also recalls the recent election of Mohamed Boudjellaba. “Christiane Charnay (the outgoing mayor) lost the election of 6/28/2020 but she did not lose the war and the war you will have her …”
you know how it looks like a bomb in a house, it goes boom “
In all, 4 pages of slander, racial hatred and threats. @Progress @BFMLyon @F3Rhone_Alpes pic.twitter.com/Zb4mv6ILPV– Mohamed Boudjellaba (@ CEGivors2020) August 22, 2020
Mohamed Boudjellaba “shocked” announced that he had filed a complaint. The mayor of Givors also did not indicate that he had alerted the prosecutor and the prefect. On social networks, Mohamed Boudjellaba called for respect for diversity.
Respect for citizens and elected officials, in their diversity, is an imperative that cannot be called into question. It is the foundation on which our Republic rests, it is the cornerstone of living together.
“Despicable words”
The racist remarks that were addressed to the new mayor of Givors immediately made the prefect of the Rhône react. This last “condemns in the strongest terms the abject remarks made about the mayor of Givors” and add “Racism and all forms of discrimination have no place in our Republic.”
The prefect condemns in the strongest terms the abject remarks made about the mayor of #Givors. Racism and all forms of discrimination have no place in our Republic.
– Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Rhône region (@prefetrhone) August 22, 2020
The anonymous letter also sparked outrage in this town of nearly 20,000 inhabitants. This Sunday, market day, Mohamed Boudjellaba received the support of many residents. Project leader “fraternal city”, the newly elected mayor notably mentioned “dark forces”, working to divide the Givordine population.
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Mohamed Boudjellaba, the new mayor of Givors, receives a letter of insults and threats
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Convictions in government
“We will not let anything go”, assured Gérard Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior reacted on twitter this Sunday afternoon. “Disgusted by these unbearable racist remarks towards Mohamed Boudjellaba, mayor of Givors. To attack an elected official is to attack the Republic. Hate has no place in our society, we will not let anything go. “, he added.
“The war you’re going to have busted”.
Disgusted by these unbearable racist remarks towards Mohamed Boudjellaba, mayor of Givors. To attack an elected representative is to attack the Republic. Hatred has no place in our society, we won’t let anything go.— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) August 23, 2020
The Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupont-Moretti also published a message on social networks and sent his support to the aedile givordin: “4 pages of unsigned repugnance. An investigation is opened to find this” anonymous “and present him to Justice. I address all my support to our compatriot, the Mayor of Givors.”
Christiane Charnay’s support for her successor
Mohamed Boudjellaba’s communist rival in municipal elections, outgoing mayor Christiane Charnay, also condemned this “infamous” letter. She supported the councilor in a message posted on Facebook and via a press release from the Givors en Grand group. For his part, Antoine Mellies, candidate for mayor of Givors in the last municipal elections, under the label Rassemblement National and municipal councilor, judged the letter. “unacceptable” edo you hear that “All light must be shed to find the author and bring him to justice …”
Back to the Municipal 2020: a surprise election in Givors
On June 28, the second round of municipal elections created the event in Givors. Cristiane Charnay, former PCF mayor of Givors (2017 to 2020) who succeeded Martial Passi during his term of office, had been beaten by only 29 votes by Mohamed Boudjellaba, left-environmentalist Divers candidate. While no one expected him, Mohamed Boudjellaba had won this communist bastion. A commune that the National Rally hoped to delight, Antoine Mellies having come in second position with 20.75% of the vote in the first round of municipal elections. The victory of Mohamed Boudjellaba on June 28 ended sixty-seven years of municipal communism.
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