- Friday, René Marratier confirmed that he maintained his candidacy, despite the controversy around his approach.
- The former mayor was sentenced to a two-year suspended prison sentence in 2016, a sentence together with a final ban on holding public office, for "involuntary killings" after the storm Xynthia.
He assures that he will go to the end. The former mayor of Faute-sur-Mer (Vendée) René Marratier, sentenced to two years suspended prison during the trial on appeal of the storm Xynthia, announced Friday to maintain his candidacy to the municipal, opposing the prefecture from Vendée.
In a press release published on January 27, the prefecture had indicated that "a person sentenced to a definitive prohibition to exercise a public office cannot validly claim to exercise the function of mayor or functions of assistant to the mayor which imply exercise the functions of agents of the State ”. Friday, at a press conference in the presence of his lawyer, René Marratier, who was mayor between 1989 and 2014, wished to "re-establish the truth".
Elective office and agent of the State
According to Me Jean-Baptiste Chevalier, the former elected official can legally lead a list because "he has not been declared ineligible, he can therefore stand for municipal election". "The penal code provides that this prohibition does not apply when the person exercises this public office by virtue of an elective mandate," he argued.
An argument disputed by Laurent Huger, opponent of René Marratier in the municipal elections of March 15 and 22. “The mayor has two roles, an elective mandate and agent of the State (…) Tomorrow, he may be mayor, but the paradox is that he will not be able to exercise the function of agent of the State this which would be a first in France! For example, if you want to marry in default, marriage would be illegal, ”said Laurent Huger.
Two year suspended sentence
René Marratier, mayor of La Faute-sur-Mer from 1989 to 2014, was sentenced for “involuntary homicides” in 2016 by the Poitiers Court of Appeal to two years suspended prison sentence, punishment accompanied by a final ban '' exercise a public function.
At first instance, in 2014, he was sentenced to four years in prison. On the night of February 27 to 28, 2010, 29 people drowned in the La Faute-sur-Mer housing estates. In all, the storm left 47 people dead in France. Sunday, March 1, a commemoration is planned at La Faute-sur-Mer, with a silent march, ten years after the storm has passed.
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