A new municipal council should take place in the coming days to decide on the request for a collective concession from the child's relatives.
On March 30, the bones of little Emile Soleil, disappeared in July 2023, were found in Haut-Vernet (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). The date of funeral of the little boy was fixed. They will take place on February 8, 2025 and will take place in two stages. First of all, there will be a ceremony in the Basilica of Sainte Marie-Madeleine in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Var). It will then be buried in the Haut-Vernet cemetery.
The Vernet municipal council has in fact granted an individual concession for the child. In France, when a person dies in a municipality, they can automatically benefit from a burial there.
In parallel, Émile's parents, Colomban and Marie, wish to obtain a collective vault in the Haut-Vernet cemetery, in order to be buried alongside their son. And this requires authorization from the Vernet municipal council. However, according to information from BFM YOU SAYa request was made to this effect to the municipal council, but it has still not been accepted.
-“We cannot accept burials for all secondary residents, otherwise the cemetery would no longer be able to accommodate people from here”
At the microphone of the regional 24-hour news channel, certain members of the municipal council openly say they are against it. “Émile died here. But his parents and grandparents live in Marseille. We cannot accept burials for all secondary residents, otherwise the cemetery would no longer be able to accommodate people from here. All Marseillais or Parisians, where the concessions are much more expensive would come here and that is not possible. What is stopping them from having this funeral in Marseille? This little one, he perhaps suffered the last minutes of his life at Vernet and there? , he would be buried here, far from his family? I'm having a hard time getting used to it.”
According to information from our colleagues, a new municipal council could take place in the coming days to decide on the collective concession request.
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