Fundet’s mayor, Cedric de Oliveira, is accusing the Metropolis of Tours president of racially insulting him on April 4.
The proceedings took place on Tuesday, April 4, at the end of the D.C. Council. Just when the moment is right for four petits and a glass of chinon, Frédéric Auges rages in a small panel before a handful of witnesses.
The (Republican) president of Tours had admonished Cedric de Oliveira. Among the grievances: the fact that the mayor of Fondet (a different right), and the ninth vice-president of Tours Metropole delegated to cultural facilities and communications, refuse to join the majority group in the capital.
Cedric de Oliveira is stunned and tries to understand. Then Frédéric Augis started to get angry.You’re just a vice president (editor’s note: vice president)”, he would say. The dispute would not have stopped there: Cedric de Oliveira is trying to defend himself but Frédéric Augis would have gone further: “You’re just a dirty PortugueseAn attack, an insult pronounced in front of several witnesses including the Mayor of Berthenay, the Mayor of Villandry, the Mayor of Rochecorbonne and the Deputy Director General of Services.
In a letter addressed to Frédéric Auges and obtained by France 3 on April 13, Cedric de Oliveira recounts the scene from his point of view, reprimanding the president of the capital for what he said “outburst“, from “It is real brutalityAs for the insult that ended the conversation, the Mayor of Fundet deplores.Unworthy word“But he did not file a complaint, even if he threatened.”Notify the Attorney General immediately“If it happens again.
This kind of racist statement is deeply offensive and should not find its place in any discussion at any time, especially when it is uttered among the elected representatives of the Republic and within the boundaries of a Republican institution such as the Metropolis headquarters.
Cedric de OliveiraLetter addressed to Frédéric Auges
As for the elected officials who attended the scene, they still refused to comment on the live exchange. “I will not get into this kind of argument.“He fired one of them. An elected official confirms that he was present at the scene at the beginning of the quarrel, but”He did not hear the insult“As for the Mayor of Fundet, he is unwilling to respond to our interview requests.
Over the next few days, few elected officials contacted by France 3 confirmed the incident, and even fewer wanted to comment on it. Behind the scenes, some talk about “Slap againjust three months after the city’s former chief, Wilfred Schwartz, waived his cassation appeal after being convicted on appeal of a slap directed at his former chief of staff.
In addition to this open letter, Cedric de Oliveira submitted a letter of reporting to the province on Tuesday, April 11, a week after the events. In extending this filing, a telephone conversation between him and Governor Patrice Latron would have taken place. When contacted, the press service replied that it would not “No comment on this issue“.
When asked on April 12, Frédéric Auges did not respond to interview requests.
