Two weeks after the conviction of its former president, Marc Giraud (LR), for embezzlement of public funds, the Var departmental council elected Jean-Louis Masson on Wednesday to replace him at its head, the door told AFP on Wednesday. -word of the institution.
Jean-Louis Masson, LR mayor of La Garde, was elected with 27 votes against 19 for François de Canson, also a member of the majority, after a two-round ballot, for lack of an absolute majority in the first round.
Five of ineligibility for Marc Giraud
The departmental council has 46 elected officials, including 44 LR and allies and two opposition elected officials, from the National Rally. Three candidates stood for election, all from the majority. In the first round, François de Canson, mayor of La-Londe-les-Maures and deputy to Marc Giraud, came out on top with 18 votes, followed by Jean-Louis Masson and Didier Brémond (LR), LR mayor of Brignoles, 14 each vote. The latter had withdrawn at the end of the first round in favor of Jean-Louis Masson.
As outgoing vice-president, Jean-Louis Masson had held the position of interim president for two weeks, after the conviction of Marc Giraud. On October 7, the LR mayor of Carqueiranne was sentenced to five years of ineligibility, two years in prison suspended and a fine of 20,000 euros for having favored the fictitious employment of a collaborator.