The municipal elections had been canceled because of insults on the walls of the polling stations.
In Halluin, a town of 20,000 inhabitants, in the North, the new mayor (DVD), Jean-Christophe Destailleur, had to give way, this Thursday, to a delegation of three people appointed by the prefecture to administer the city until in the next elections.
A new ballot to elect new municipal councilors must be organized within a maximum period of three months.
Until then, a retired inspector general of bridges, water and forests, a retired professional soldier and a public finance administrator who will manage day-to-day affairs.
Defeated by 92 votes
It is a tags story that called into question the election of the city council.
In June 2020, on the occasion of the second round of municipal elections, inscriptions had flourished on the walls of certain polling stations.
They targeted the outgoing mayor (LR), Gustave Dassonville, in insulting remarks.
The latter, defeated by 92 votes, then seized the administrative court of Lille to invalidate the result of the vote.
The judges had agreed with him, considering that the sincerity of the vote had been altered because of these inscriptions.
Last week, July 27, it was the Council of State, requested by the new mayor, which confirmed the invalidation of the ballot.
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The Council of State definitively validates the election of Martine Aubry in Lille
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