Jean-Mathieu Michel, Mayor of Signes, died on Monday, August 5 at 76 years, overthrown by a van whose he wanted to verbalize the occupants who had just toss rubbish along a road. A death that moved the entire political class to the President of the Republic. On Europe 1, Damien Abad, deputy LR, believes that this tragedy is symptomatic of the way in which are perceived the elected in France.
Elected officials must be "more listened to and respected"
The death of Jean-Mathieu Michel profoundly upset the political class. "Beyond this tragedy, the question of security is a daily issue for mayors," said Damien Abad, who recalls that Friday, "there was still a knife attack against a mayor in Auvergne". For the Vice President of the Republicans, it's time for things to change. "A culture of disrespect has been established in France with regard to elected officials, it is this culture of disrespect that must be broken," he says, stressing that "we must rehabilitate function of the elected ". Damien Abad asserts that elected officials must be "more listened to and respected". "There would not be these excesses and these dramas if it were the case," says the politician.
Regarding the absence of Emmanuel Macron at the funeral of Jean-Mathieu Michel, the MP plays the card of appeasement. Indeed, the non-arrival of the President of the Republic has been criticized by some. "There is no need to argue on such a serious subject", prefers to insist Damien Abad.
"More landfills are needed in France"
On the merits of the case of the drama of Signes, Vice-President LR notes that the issue of wild dumps arises again in the news. A real problem. "We need an exemplary sanction against those who practice wild dumps", he proposes, while adding: "it takes additional dumps in France.This must be a priority in public policies."