This Wednesday, June 26, 2024, the elected officials of the city of Saumur met in municipal council. At the opening of the session, even before the first subject, Bertrand Chandouineau, elected by the majority, wanted to take the floor to express his concern about the national political situation. “The situation, as we have been experiencing it for a week, with a political scenario which is very disturbing with the brutal dissolution of the National Assembly and the organization of legislative elections very quickly. As well as behavior that never ceases to amaze me on the part of some of our political leaders for people who are supposed to work at the national level for the good of the country, and who we realize that this is not necessarily their priority. We, local elected officials, have a responsibility to be close to citizens, to explain what we do, who we are and to allow them to have benchmarks. We realize today that they are losing their bearings. The importance of our role is all the stronger in the face of the spectacle which is given elsewhere, not being what marks fellow citizens over the people who are supposed to work for the common good. » An observation shared by Mayor Jackie Goulet: “Beyond my fellow citizens, I am particularly worried and shaken by the organization of our institutions tomorrow.” Et “without commenting”, he assures that he will devote himself “tonight like yesterday and tomorrow even more, to work for the local common good, within the framework of the general interest, which seems so important to me. Tomorrow probably, even more than yesterday. »
