“This is the first time that I have spoken in our assembly. And it will also be the last.” Tom Pentecost, municipal councilor responsible for cleanliness, resigns. The 28-year-old young man announces his departure at the start of the municipal council meeting on Monday, September 30.
“The latest departures, and in particular that of the assistant with whom I had worked for 4 years, got the better of me. From now on, I no longer find meaning in what I do. Being elected to Saint-Etienne will have been the honor of my life. Today I end 14 years of life, and when you have 28, it’s half of it for me, because politics is my passion. , I am leaving my position, by resigning, I am making a personal choice that calms me down and frees me. For 2 years, I have made difficult choices, choices of affection, choices, which have gradually changed my mind. eaten up.”
Tom Pentecost said he submitted his resignation to the city’s mayor, Gaël Perdriau, this weekend. A departure which will be effective within a few days, on October 4.
“I want to apologize. I should have said that there are words and words that I will never forgive. No matter what position you hold, nothing justifies or authorizes you to be attack on what you are or who you are, no one is guilty of loving Tomorrow, justice will rule and close a dark page in our city. Personally, I fear that this will leave indelible marks. ” It was with emotion that the former municipal councilor closed his 10-minute speech.
“I would like to thank all the residents of Stéphane, community agents and my colleagues. I have a special thought for Nicole Peycelon. Although our paths and our stories are profoundly different, I have been nourished by our numerous exchanges. Finally , I would like to thank you, Mr. Mayor, you helped to build me. This mandate will have been a test for our friendship, which I fear, has not recovered.”
Tom Pentecost was not the only one in the room to shed a few tears. But for his part, Gaël Perdriau did not react and continued with the presentation of the local intercommunal urban planning plan.
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