As for Béziers last week, justice ordered the withdrawal of the Christmas crib from Perpignan, installed in the patio of the town hall, indicates France 3 Occitanie.
The administrative court of Montpellier had been seized by the League of Human Rights for which it was a religious symbol in a public enclosure, contrary to the principles of secularism.
A decision accompanied by a penalty of “one hundred euros per day of delay”.
And a violation of article 28 of the law of December 9, 1905 concerning the separation of Church and State which, recalls the LDH of the Pyrénées-Orientales, says that "it is forbidden, in the future, to raise or affix any religious sign or emblem on public monuments or in any public place whatsoever, with the exception of buildings used for worship, burial grounds in cemeteries, funerary monuments, as well as museums or exhibitions”.
Louis Aliot (RN) had indicated that he was promoting a Catalan tradition, that of Pessebre, through the installation of this crèche within the grounds of the town hall.
“Despite the sentence pronounced last night by the court, it will be maintained until January 2”, argue on social networks the mayor and his deputies.
“This is information that I obviously regret because it announces a decision that is totally out of step with the popular enthusiasm and the wonder aroused by our Pessebre.
Since November 25, thousands of people have come to admire the party decor made by our agents.
It is sad to see that political leaders are bent on destroying, out of pure ideology, what we are building with respect for our heritage and in agreement with a very large majority of the population, ”reacted in a press release Louis Aliot.
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