The Mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko, Called to "Reconsider His Position", Will Leave the Presidential Portrait of His Office "Received"
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The new mayor LFI of Saint-Denis made the choice not to hang the portrait of Emmanuel Macron in his office. The prefect of the department wrote to Bally Bagayoko asking him to "respect the republican tradition". Hanging the portrait of the head of state is indeed a tradition, not a legal obligation. - VERIF' - As Bally Bagayoko did in Saint-Denis, can a mayor get a portrait of the President from his office? (Policy).
The elected extreme left Bally Bagayoko, who seems to have taken the big lead, took the portrait of Emmanuel Macron in his town hall. The law does not oblige him to display it. The comment of Elizabeth Lévy. The mayor of Saint-Denis (93) refuses to hang up the portrait of Emmanuel Macron. Bally Bagayoko explained on Sunday on LCI that he had obtained the portrait because, according to him, the Republic does not correct inequalities.
Julien Charles, Prefect of the Seine-Saint-Denis, asked Mayor LFI of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, to reconsider his decision to obtain from his office the portrait of President Emmanuel Macron, also admitting that this gesture is not illegal.
Mayor LFI de Saint-Denis (93) did not accede this Wednesday to the appeal of Julien Charles, who asked him to change his mind in the name of "republican tradition". He considered that his "demarche is part of a perfect legality".
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On Tuesday, the prefect of the Seine-Saint-Denis had objected to the edile to respect "republican tradition", although this is not a legal obligation.
For the representative of the State, the office of mayor must "bring together the citizens around the institutions, beyond the political divisions", while Bally Bagayoko's gesture "contrary to this well-established use".
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