Rémi Génis, 43, deputy for urban cleanliness and the environment, resigns from his position with Louis Aliot. He confirms this to L’Indépendant. A hard blow at the end of 2024 for the National Rally mayor of Perpignan.
He was part of the war prizes of candidate Aliot, of these so-called running mates “opening“: Rémi Génis resigns from his position as deputy to the City of Perpignan. He confirms to L'Indépendant this Sunday, December 22, 2024, having sent a letter to the prefect to this effect, as required by procedure. The prefecture of Pyrénées-Orientales assures that he has registered his letter of resignation on December 18. He can, if he wishes, continue to sit on the municipal council, he can also continue his mandate. within the assembly of Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole.
In Perpignan, Rémi Génis was in charge of a delegation that was so precious to Louis Aliot: urban cleanliness. But not only that, this forty-year-old was also delegated to sustainable development, energy management, the environment, biodiversity, the beautification of the city and the living environment, as well as roads and to public spaces. This is a very large part of this famous daily politics, one of Louis Aliot's great arguments concerning his management of the city.
Rémi Génis did not wish to give the reasons for his departure. According to information from L'Indépendant, he has already expressed his dissatisfaction with “internal management methods“He would have even already notified it in writing, about two months ago.”He said that he could no longer bear not being listened to, of being excluded from matters which nevertheless concerned his delegations.”we confide at Place de la Loge.
Rémi Génis, 43, business manager of the Publissud company, had already proven in the past that he was not the type to sit back without flinching. In 2022, unhappy with Louis Aliot's decision not to remove advertising panels that he deemed illegal, he took the matter to the administrative court in the hope of forcing the mayor to remove them. Atmosphere.
A gateway for Pierre Parrat or Chantal Bruzi?
This new resignation is a hard blow for the National Rally mayor who has already lost his number two, the former deputy for finance and taxation Marie Bach. She was also presented at the time as an “opening” running mate. Bernard Reyes, former deputy for the northern districts and municipal councilor Charlotte Cailliez also slammed the door of the majority. Just like Catherine Pujol, for a while, before asking to come back.
The loss of his deputy for urban cleanliness and the environment, one year before taking stock of his mandate with a view to the municipal elections of 2026, puts Louis Aliot in an uncomfortable position. What will the mayor of Perpignan decide? After the departure of Marie Bach, he took over the finance delegation. He who is also already in charge of security. Without forgetting his many other mandates (in the urban community, in the department, within the RN). Recovering the management of a new delegation seems difficult. Will he once again redistribute the cards to his current deputies, some of whom already have a very long list of delegations to their credit? Will he take advantage of this departure to integrate into his majority Pierre Parrat and/or Chantal Bruzi, the two Aliot-compatible municipal councilors who left the opposition group on December 20, 2024? Will this resignation weaken a majority which is already experiencing divisions? And this, three months before the judges' decision in his trial for the allegedly fictitious employment of European parliamentary assistants which could cost him his seat as mayor? Louis Aliot did not wish to comment on the subject, simply responding: “He will be replaced at the next municipal council“.
