Grégory Doucet during his investiture as mayor of Lyon.

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“An irresponsible choice”.

In Lyon, members of the opposition sharply criticized the decision of the environmental mayors of districts to maintain the holding of district councils in person while France has been confined again since Friday.

The group "Progressives and Republicans", led by the former mayor of Lyon Georges Képénékian, refuses to sit there.

"While the public authorities expressly ask citizens to stay at home and to work from home, it is irresponsible not to offer advice by videoconference", argue the elected officials in a press release, specifying that these meetings were held by videoconference during the first confinement.

While the public authorities expressly ask citizens to stay at home and telework, it is irresponsible not to offer videoconference advice.

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- Progressives and Republicans (@ProgetRep) November 3, 2020

"Far from showing the example"

Same story among the members of the Group for Lyon, led by Yann Cucherat, ex-candidate for mayor of Lyon and protégé of Gérard Collomb.

"How to explain to the inhabitants that we refuse to celebrate weddings at the town hall bringing together more than 6 people, even though we are meeting this evening according to the district town halls of more than 30?

They ask themselves.

And to add: "Far from showing the example, we show a dogged image of the function of elected official".

Grégory Doucet, the EELV mayor of Lyon did not give in, also refusing to postpone the dates of the councils by one week for several reasons.

“The councils of the 5th, 3rd and 7th arrondissements include the election of assistants on their agenda.

The law, which had not anticipated a global pandemic does not - yet - allow remote voting on this type of election, "argues the town hall before adding by way of conclusion:" In addition, the Prefecture invites maintain face-to-face democratic representation bodies while respecting barrier gestures.

This is the case with the hemicycles of the Senate and the National Assembly ”.

It should be noted that the new majority has undertaken to equip all the borough councils with a reliable videoconference system.

“But certain delivery and installation times remain incompressible,” the city also regrets.

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