The elected said to have discovered “with dismay” the degradation of its permanence, more than 48 hours after Christmas Eve. An inscription “eat foie gras” was tagged in the night from Sunday to Monday on the window of the permanence of the Modem deputy of Dordogne Jean-Pierre Cubertafon, who will file a complaint, attributing this degradation to “opponents of foie gras” .
It is with dismay that I discovered 48 hours after New Years Eve my tagged permanence. I am proud to have defended foie gras and its artisans. I regret nothing. I decided to file a complaint. Let us defend the democratic debate together and do not give in to intimidation. https://t.co/cD4ICQSmcQ
– Jean-Pierre Cubertafon (@dep_cubertafon) December 27, 2021
If the deputy of the 3rd constituency of Dordogne recognizes that the message painted on his permanence in Lanouaille is “not clear”, he attributes it however to “opponents of foie gras” in disagreement with his recent “position” in favor of the production of artisanal foie gras.
“If this had been a message of support, they would have left a bowl for me in front of my door, they would not have forced me to hire someone to clean it,” Jean-Pierre Cubertafon told AFP.
He had already lodged a death threat complaint
In mid-December, in response to the choice of certain environmentalist town halls to “ban” foie gras from the menu of official receptions, Jean-Pierre Cubertafon had co-signed with some fifty elected Perigordians a platform to support “this sector. gastronomic excellence ”.
On his Facebook page, the elected official declares to be “proud to have defended and to defend the artisans of Perigord and French foie gras” and assures that he will not be “the hostage of a few. “
In a separate case in early December, he had already lodged a death threat complaint, after receiving an anonymous email calling for his “beheading” and referring to the “Covid”, he recalled.