After 30 years at the head of the village of Bosc, in the Lodévois, Daniel Guibal puts down his scarf and returns the keys to the town hall. He resigned from his post as mayor and retired from politics. He sent his letter to the prefect on Tuesday.
Daniel Guibal announced thathe would pass the baton during his mandate, but not necessarily so fast. At the head of a young team ” most could be my children“he jokes, he largely won the municipal elections in June 2020.
Daniel Guibal claims to have made his decision ” without pressure “, but he admits having lived a little eventful municipal meetings and then at 71 years old, he does not hide that he a defibrillator for more than 10 years who hasn’t braked it so far but “you have to be reasonable.”
“When I was first elected, I was sure everyone was going to love me, I was naïve.”
A native of the nearby village, Saint Jean de la Blaquière, Daniel Guibal was first elected in 1989, in Bosc, in what has become his village, atypical, since the town of 1500 inhabitants is made up of “11 hamlets and has three motorway interchanges, he adds. We are the link between the heart of Hérault and Larzac.”
“There is not a resident with whom I have not shared a happy or painful moment.”
Daniel Guibal evokes those moments when you have to go and tell a family bad news, ” several times I have been told: thank you Mr. Mayor, why thank you? Over the years, I understood that at that time, we represented the communal family.“
“These 30 years have taught me humility.”
A mayor of a small town, “it is at the same time the gendarme, the social worker, but especially the one who has to give time. When you find a solution to a difficult situation, that is the role of the mayor.“
Daniel Guibal is going to write a letter to his constituents, ” my turn to say thank you.”
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