In Saint-Brieuc, the mayor Hervé Guihard does not want to put in place the curfew at 6 p.m.

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He considers that his city is "not yet in a territory in crisis" and therefore refuses to apply the curfew at 6 p.m.

In Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor), the various left mayor Hervé Guihard goes to war against government restrictions to fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

While the curfew has been in force since Saturday throughout France, the Breton elected representative assures that he will not put his city under a bell from 6 p.m.

"We're not going to change anything," he told

Franceinfo

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We will continue to open schools, nurseries, leisure centers, reception centers until standard hours.

Because otherwise, it is always the most disadvantaged who drink ”.

Hervé Guihard also claims to be within his rights to apply the measure or not.

"We have the right to derogate, so let's do it", believes the elected, who wants to allow "all families to organize themselves better, to continue to live a little better, to go and look for their children a little bit. later ".

In addition to this, you need to know more about it.

A lack of consultation with local elected officials

The mayor of Saint-Brieuc also took the opportunity to denounce the government's lack of consultation with local elected officials.

“I have a lot of respect for our prefect with whom we work very well,” he says.

If we had exchanged some, we would have found a measure that would be suitable ”.

But according to him, "the prefects have no freedom".

“They act under order of the state and that is their function.

But there is no dialogue on this proportionality evoked by our Prime Minister, which does not take place on the territory.

For him, proportional, it's just the time slot, ”denounces the elected official.

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