A single favorable vote, but with the consent of the entire departmental assembly. Extremely rare this Monday evening in session at the departmental council of Val-de-Marne. While the majority and the opposition clashed over the budget, they met on one of the last reports on the agenda, concerning the evolution of the statutes of Seine Grands Lacs.
The purpose of this mixed union is, among other things, as a territorial public basin establishment, to “facilitate the prevention of floods”, or to ensure “balanced and sustainable management of water resources”, upstream of the Seine.
Val-de-Marne is one of the historical members of this institution, along with Paris, Hauts-de-Seine and Seine-Saint-Denis. But a new community must join Seine Grands Lacs on January 1: the Metropolis of Grand Paris (MGP), which has taken over the Gemapi competence, ie “Management of aquatic environments and flood prevention”. However, the statutes are already completed and the budget voted by integrating the MGP.
“A symbolic act”
“The method is scandalous with regard to communities. What are we used for then? This is not acceptable ”, thunders PCF president Christian Favier. A dissatisfaction that crosses all the groups. Because, if on the bottom the elected officials support the “important role” of Seine Grands Lacs, they regret like Christian Métairie (EELV) “the lack of work upstream of decisions”.
Olivier Capitanio (LR) then proposed that one voice was raised in favor of the report. And this is how Didier Guillaume, PCF vice-president in charge of sanitation, is automatically appointed, almost forgetting when voting to raise his hand.
“It’s a symbolic act, recontextualizes the person concerned the next day. We regret that the discussions were held in a hurry. We wanted to mark our disagreement. Without voting against and blocking the work of the union. “
Voted unanimously in the metropolis
Contacted, the president of Seine Grands Lacs, Frédéric Molossi (PS, vice-president of the departmental council of Seine-Saint-Denis), said he was “surprised” after “a year of work and around fifteen meetings”. “No other historic member made this type of remark and during the vote in the metropolis, where the mayors and departmental councilors of Val-de-Marne sit, the report was voted unanimously. “
Then the elected representative of Seine-Saint-Denis, makes a hypothesis: “there have been changes in the departmental executive of Val-de-Marne. Perhaps the transmission of the files did not take place … “
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Didier Guillaume took over the water and sanitation portfolio of Val-de-Marne, managed until July by Pierre Bell-Lloch. The new Communist mayor of Vitry had seen his delegations withdrawn, after his “putsch”, before resigning from the departmental assembly in September.
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