The controversy swells in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) where the mayor, Louis Aliot, (National Rally) plans to rename an esplanade Pierre Sergent.
As France Info reports, it is not to the taste of the opposition and anti-racism associations, which point the finger at the course of this historical figure.
Indeed, Pierre Sergent was head of the Organization of the Secret Army (OAS), a far-right terrorist group that supported French Algeria in the 1960s. "We are here in an attempt to rehabilitate", denounced the president of the association SOS Racisme, evoking the dozens of victims of the OAS.
1/2 At the instigation of Louis Aliot, the municipal council of Perpignan gave an esplanade the name of Pierre Sergent, active participant in the generals' putsch in 1961 in Algiers & one of the leaders of the OAS, a terrorist group who struck during the final years of the Algerian War pic.twitter.com/ysreN7HnFZ
— Dominique Sopo (@d_sopo) September 25, 2022
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SOS Racisme denounces an "apology for terrorism"
Contacted by radio, the RN mayor of Perpignan defended himself by evoking "the fact that he was a resistant, that he wore the yellow star in solidarity with the persecuted Jews at that time".
Not enough to convince SOS Racisme, which sent a letter to the prefecture to request the cancellation of the decision of the municipality, evoking an "apology for terrorism".
According to her, Louis Aliot is currently campaigning to become president of the RN, hence this "electoralist gesture".
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