The outgoing mayor of Ixelles, Christos Doulkeridis, has no regrets about not having given in to “politicians games“, he explained Monday the day after municipal elections which will result in his ouster from the mayorate of the municipality.
Ecolo nevertheless came first in the poll on Sunday but an alliance between the MR, the Engagés and the PS got the better of the mayoralty of the Greens, won in 2018.
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“We suffered attacks, incredible bashing during this campaign, as if Ecolo was the problem and, yet, the people of Ixelles made us the leading party in the municipality. And then, there was another part of politics, that of the little political games which disgust the population. I have always played politics with authenticity, around values and a project that I have always defended, I never wanted to give in to the struggle for positions. I remain with my dignity and I am proud of the record at the head of the municipality“, declared Mr. Doulkeridis when questioned on the sidelines of a meeting of his party office.
Ecolo formed a majority with the socialists in Ixelles. “The PS has chosen today to give more space to conservative parties in a society that is becoming right-wing, it’s a strange game“, notes the outgoing mayor.
Ecolo figure in Brussels for many years, regional secretary of state from 2009 to 2014, Mr. Doulkeridis announced the end of his active political career.
“It’s their right”
“The night was not as long as I hoped, nor as constructive as expected“, he tells us. However, he is pleased with his victory in the elections, even if he does not enter the majority. “It’s their right on a political level, but on a democratic level, fighting for a place, it’s not a fight that I wanted to do.”
“I am proud to have stayed with my values“, he continues. “I leave a town in better condition than that of six years ago.”
■ Christos Doulkeridis at the microphone of Mary Ladysh.
Belga – Photo : Belga
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