Robert Ménard, the mayor of Béziers, heard on Tuesday April 23 for refusing to marry a man under OQTF

Robert Ménard sera entendu mardi par les policiers sur l’affaire du mariage refusé. Midi Libre – MICHAEL ESDOURRUBAILH

Robert Ménard, the mayor of Béziers will be heard on Tuesday April 23 morning before the judicial police for having refused to marry a man who was under an obligation to leave French territory.

Robert Ménard, the mayor of Béziers, will be heard this Tuesday, April 23, before the police for having refused to marry an Algerian who was under an obligation to leave the territory French (OQTF). He is, in fact, summoned to explain himself again.

The town hall of Béziers was to host, on Friday July 7, the wedding of a French woman and a 23-year-old Algerian man in an irregular situation. "He has an obligation to leave the territory and I am going to marry him ? I will not do it and I will not have him married by someone else", Robert Ménard declared then. He is always on the same wavelength.

Summoned before the judicial police

"Tuesday, I will be before the judicial police to explain myself about the OQTF that I did not want to marry, confirmed the mayor, Robert Ménard, with our colleagues at BFMTV. At a time when I am giving up in the face of little scoundrels, it&m It’s me who will have to explain and say why I refused to marry this couple. This man who is normally obliged to leave French territory and who was not. Yes, it’s illegal what I did, but it’s legitimate. No one in Béziers will understand that I could be condemned for that. It’s the world turned upside down. The guy was deported three days later. And people come to call me to account."

At the same time as this hearing, the mayor of Béziers announced this Sunday, April 21, on the sidelines of the Zonta Run' in Béziers, its intention to establish a curfew for under-13s unaccompanied by their parents outside after 11 p.m. The councilor specifies that a municipal decree should be issued to this effect this Monday, April 22.