"We do not accept that the symbols, those who make us a united republic, are hurt," said Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo indignantly as part of a republican tribute to the Marshal's stele. June. The latter had been degraded during the day of mobilization Yellow Vests, Saturday.
"The right to demonstrate is a right, that of performing violence is no longer one," she said in front of 150 people, mostly residents of the neighborhood and elected officials. Outbreaks of violence occurred Saturday in Paris on the occasion of the first anniversary of Vests yellow, including Italy, where the police tried to disperse small groups of thugs. In the center of the square, a monument in memory of Marshal Juin was degraded.
"Not very wise to organize this gathering"
Two days after the event, the degradations on the monument were still visible and the tags had not been cleaned. Paving stones still littered the ground soaked by the rain. "I left this monument that was vandalized in the state where we found it Saturday night," said Jerome Coumet, mayor of the thirteenth arrondissement, at the initiative of the rally.
Exasperated by the abuses of "thugs" and "vandals", the borough mayor, however, felt it was not "very wise to organize this gathering" place of Italy, three projects are currently underway on this location. "It hurts to see these people destroy everything, like that, for free," said Yvette Gros Perrin, 83. Like her, many residents of the neighborhood, for the vast majority of the elderly, were present to share their dismay.