This is a first in Limoges: the town hall and the urban community sent a cleaning invoice to LFI deputies Manon Meunier and Damien Maudet, for wild displays. The note, which amounts to precisely 17,411.53 euros, was sent in mid-October to cover cleaning costs. This corresponds to the cost of interventions by municipal and community agents responsible for removing posters posted outside authorized locations. This wild display has really gotten too big according to the City, which had also warned last June that the political parties and candidates concerned would have to pay to cover these costs.
For the mayor of Limoges, Émile-Roger Lombertie, it is a question of respect and exemplary behavior and he therefore intends to recoup his costs. It is also for this reason that he decided to publish the letter sent to the deputies. “As they still have not paid, nor said what they wanted to do, we made it public, so that people know how much it costs the community. We cannot run for a mandate from the Republic and not respecting the rules of the Republic.” The elected official also defends himself from any political bias.
La France insoumise is the only one pinned, because it is the only party which did not respect the rules, according to the reports of the agents of the city and the agglomeration. They did not observe any wild displays for the candidates of the PS, the Republicans or the National Rally. Otherwise, they too would have had to pay. And if this is a first for Limoges, Émile-Roger Lombertie recalls that one of his deputies had herself been caught for excesses in other municipalities in the agglomeration, in 2017. “Sarah Gentil, when she ran for deputy, had posters posted somewhat randomly in other municipalities, she was sent the invoice and she paid” he insists. Limoges is therefore in turn waiting for the settlement.
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