Many people wanted to attend the event. There were so many that the town hall’s hall couldn’t accommodate them all. Dozens of people crowded behind the windows of the city council room, enjoying the outdoor speakers. And when the elected officials made their entrance, everyone started applauding the team that would announce the new mayor.
At the start of the session, Agnès Rostagno, former first deputy to Jean-Sébastien Vialatte who was absent, thanked him for “serving the city all these years”. Subsequently, the nine members of the former mayor’s group presented his candidacy for mayor against Frédéric Boccaletti, who unsurprisingly received 30 votes from his team, compared to 9 for his rival. Applause rang out from the audience and the public.
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Then the mayor spoke, “with deep emotion and immense gratitude”, thanking the voters who placed their trust in his list. He then addressed his predecessor, saying, “We can argue about choices, priorities, methods, but we cannot dispute the amount of energy, time, represented by three decades of service to a municipality. On behalf of the new municipal council, on behalf of the Six-Fournais, I want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to him for his long commitment, as well as to the elected officials who accompanied him.”
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