Departmental elections take place at the same time as regional ones (Illustration) – L. Urman / Sipa
- The electoral posters of the RN candidate were torn from the signs of the town hall and a car park in Cap d’Ail.
- The mayor of the town requested the video surveillance images to file a complaint and saw that it was the candidate himself who had carried out this act.
- The departmental delegate of the RN does not understand the motivations of the candidate and ensures that one cannot be a candidate without knowing it, if that was the reason for this action.
Unusual or intriguing, even comical… Difficult to qualify the act of Mickaël Rosellini, candidate of the National Rally for departmental, in the canton of Beausoleil, and municipal councilor of opposition in Cap d’Ail, in the Alpes-Maritimes. Sunday evening, he was surprised by the town’s CCTV cameras tearing up his own electoral posters, in front of the town hall and at the level of the parking lot of the Place de la Liberté, says the daily. Nice morning.
If he did not wish to speak in the local newspaper, he told the Parisian that it was a “communication error on the posters” and assured that his gesture was “misinterpreted”. According to Lionel Tivoli, departmental delegate of the National Rally, who evokes the presence of Marine Le Pen as being the problem, it is “impossible to be a candidate for the RN without knowing it”. “He has been a member since March 2021, he has indeed completed the necessary documents to submit an application, they were brought to the prefecture where the propaganda commission validated the posters,” said the elected official.
“His partner was towing this weekend on the markets”
The regional adviser does not understand and is surprised by the candidate’s statements. “Again this weekend, his partner, Sandrine Manfredi-Cavallère, distributed leaflets in the markets. They communicate together on the networks, on behalf of the RN ”. So far without discussion with the person concerned, he imagines several scenarios to justify this action. “He may have been pressured, but it is also possible that the municipality is making a big deal out of it.”
Xavier Beck, mayor of Cap-d’Ail and also candidate for these elections, lodged a complaint with the gendarmerie by evoking article 17 of the law of July 29, 1881 which punishes those who have removed, torn, covered or altered electoral posters of the fine provided for third class contraventions, he explained to Nice morning.