US EditionChalon-Sur-Saône: Justice Validates Ban on Religious Signs in the City Council
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A decree to this effect had been issued by Mayor Gilles Platret, a former Republican, who was re-elected in the first round of municipal elections. Two municipal councillors La France insoumée, one of whom was wearing the veil, had seized justice.
Two elected LFI of Chalon-sur-Saône, one of whom was wearing the veil, had seized the justice by finding himself "directly targeted" by an order made by the mayor of the commune.
The Dijon Administrative Court confirms the decree of Mayor Gilles Platret prohibiting ostensible religious signs at municipal councils, in the name of the principle of secularism The court
Damien Saley and Lamia Sabrina Sari, who "wears the Islamic headscarf out of religious belief", turn to the Dijon Administrative Court to amend the by-laws of the City Council.
The case was decided this Wednesday morning at the Dijon Administrative Court. The rules of procedure of the Chalon City Council are valid and do not allow a veiled elected woman to sit. Sabrina Sari, who wears the veil, is to be installed at her elected post on Saturday.
On Wednesday 18 March, the administrative court of Dijon approved the decree of the mayor of Chalon-sur-Saône, Gilles Platret, prohibiting the ostensible religious signs in municipal council. Two elected LFIs, Damien Saley and Lamia Sabrina Sari, who challenged this measure, were rejected.
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