Attack on the synagogue in La Grande-Motte: the mayor of Bagnols expresses his “unwavering support for the mayor” of the Hérault commune

The mayor of Bagnols emphasizes that “as elected officials we have a sacred duty to protect secularism”. C.B.

Before the rally against anti-Semitism that takes place on Tuesday, August 27 at 6 p.m. in Montpellier, following the attack on the synagogue in La Grande-Motte, the mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Jean-Yves Chapelet, gives his support to the mayor of the Hérault commune.

While a rally against anti-Semitism is taking place on Tuesday, August 27 starting at 6 p.m. at Place de la Comédie in Montpellier, organized following the attack on the synagogue in La Grande-Motte, the mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Jean-Yves Chapelet, expressed in a press release his “deepest solidarity and my unwavering support for the mayor of La Grande-Motte in these dark hours. The despicable attack that struck the synagogue in his city is an attack on the very soul of our Republic” (…)

“Absolute freedom of conscience”

“Anti-Semitism is an abjection” he writes, recalling that”“our republican principles […] advocate mutual tolerance, unconditional respect for others, and absolute freedom of conscience”. He emphasizes that “eAs elected officials, we have a sacred duty to protect this secularism […] This duty calls us today more than ever to stand together, united, against all forms of hatred, violence, and obscurantism”.