The opening of the swimming pool to an association is debated in Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis). Municipal equipment was closed due to excessive chlorine levels. But, Sunday October 6, 2024, a women’s association would have had access, without a municipal lifeguard and with the authorization of the mayor, reports The Parisian this Tuesday October 15, 2024.
The association explains that this swim was organized as part of Pink October, a breast cancer screening awareness campaign. A request had been made to the municipality, by email. No official document had been published.
“Imagine if someone had gotten hurt…”
Opponents of mayor (DVD) Jean-Baptiste Borsali point out several problems. It is “very serious to have opened the swimming pool when the conditions did not allow it! Imagine if someone had gotten hurt…”indicated former first deputy Sandy Desrumaux. “How could he authorize this clandestine swimming when the swimming pool was closed to everyone”, questions senator (UDI) Vincent Capo-Canellas, mayor of the city between 2001 and 2017.
The mayor assures that this swim was done according to the rules: “The association asked us to provide a lifeguard to supervise the session. We are the ones who said no for economic reasons. The association had one person who had a diploma, so there was no problem. »
The secretary of the association, Karima Miloudi (also deputy in charge of Children in the commune), assured our colleagues of Parisian what “the agent who came to open the swimming pool recorded the data. He said it was good for swimming. We didn’t force entry at all. »
The wearing of the burkini during this session also questions the opposition, while the internal regulations prohibit suits covering the entire body. The councilor added that he had no “not been informed” of the presence of swimmers in this outfit.
