The deliberation was expected this Friday, January 29, 2021. The Chartres judicial tribunal sentenced the mayor of Chartres, Jean-Pierre Gorges, to 200 € fine, to be paid € 300 in damages to Quentin Guillemain, municipal councilor of opposition (Chartres Écologie), for moral prejudice and € 1,000 for legal costs.
As a reminder, Quentin Guillemain had filed a complaint against Jean-Pierre Gorges, for “public insults”, after a stormy City Council, September 17, 2020. Three months later, December 17, 2020, Jean-Pierre Gorges, the mayor of Chartres was called to appear in direct summons before the Chartres court.
Lively debate or insults between the mayor of Chartres and his opponent: two versions clash in court
Present in court this Friday, during the deliberation, Quentin Guillemain, said he was satisfied:
“I was within my rights. This decision shows that the mayor should not make such remarks in his speeches or in his writings. I hope that this will serve to create a more peaceful atmosphere, more conducive to the debates of background.”
Quentin Guillemain (opposition municipal councilor)
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During the session of September 17, the tone was raised about a deliberation, which planned to rename the Jean-de-Dunois mall, in Jacques-Grand park, a merchant behind the establishment of the Carrefour brand, in Chartres.
Quentin Guillemain wondered about the relevance of giving a park the name of a player in the development of mass distribution.
The mayor then reacted:
“You who are not tall, you are not grown up tonight […] Do you want us to make a Salvador-Allende square? […] You deserve two slaps. “
Jean-Pierre Gorges (mayor of Chartres)
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The direct quote also referred to the platform of the majority, which appeared in the October 2020 issue of the municipal bulletin. Your city. The opposition city councilor was renamed “Quintus Guillominus”, in reference to a character from the comic book series Asterix.
Jean-Pierre Gorges appeals
During the hearing of December 17, 2020, Philippe Blanchetier, lawyer for Jean-Pierre Gorges had declared, concerning the physical attack of Quentin Guillemain: “The debate concerned the name of the Jacques-Grand park. The mayor does not attack his opponent on his waist, he says he is not up to Mr. Grand. We are in a lively debate of ideas. “
For his part, the mayor of Chartres announces that he will appeal: “I trust the courts to close this case.”
Justice The leader of the opposition sues the mayor of Chartres for “public insults”
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