Justice wants to prove its proximity to the mayors of Côte-d’Or

Some of the 698 mayors of Côte-d’Or, especially in rural areas, sometimes feel a little lonely, a little helpless in the face of incivility or the attacks they endure in their communities.

10 to 20 complaints from mayors each year in Côte-d’Or

Each year the justice processes between 10 and 20 complaints following mainly verbal attacks. But between the time a complaint is filed and the time the case arrives in court it takes many months, sometimes several years.

AMF 21 and the prosecution sign an agreement

And elected officials often wonder what’s going on. In an attempt to reverse this trend, a protocol was signed on Monday between Ludovic Rochette, President of the Association of French Mayors of Côte-d’Or (AMF 21) and Eric Matthew, district Attorney. A dedicated email address has been set up in particular to link our mayors to the prosecution services.

The goal: to strengthen ties

This is what explainsEric Matthew: “This is, in a context of increasing violence and a certain loneliness – which was expressed in particular when the Keeper of the Seals came to meet the mayors last summer in Côte-d’Or – , to strengthen the links between the judicial tribunal and the mayors “.

Get answers

It is about offering the possibility to our elected officials “to seize the judicial court to obtain answers” to their questions. The public prosecutor assures to have “received means” especially “a project manager who will be used for this”, the mayors will therefore be able to seize the prosecution in order to “to obtain information on the follow-up (or not) given to complaints that they would have lodged or assaults of which they would have been victims or even on the functioning of justice”.