Jean-Yves Chapelet: “the values ​​of the Republic remain non-negotiable and unalterable”

“C'est dans la lutte pour la République que nous devons trouver notre guide” déclare le maire de Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Jean-Yves Chapelet. C.B.

Rendant hommage à Missak Manouchian et aux résistants qui entrent au Panthéon, le maire de Bagnols-sur-Cèze rappelle les valeurs de la République aux Bagnolais.

At the time of the pantheonization of Missak Manouchian and 22 other resistance fighters, the mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Jean-Yves Chapelet speaks out, in a press release in which he recalls that ''dyears the darkest hours of the occupation, they been shining stars of courage and determination, united by an ideal of freedom that transcends political and religious differences".

Jean-Yves Chapelet underlines that "the fierce desire for freedom which animated Missak and his companions must remind us, Bagnolaises and Bagnolais, that the values ​​of the Republic remain non-negotiable and unalterable, whatever the vicissitudes of history. They remain the country's standard of human rights and freedoms".

The mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze continues by evoking the current period: "in these times of torment, when darkness threatens to envelop us, it&# It is in the struggle for the Republic that we must find our guide, a beacon of light and justice. We do not have to blush at being on the side of the Republic. The sudden sorrows of another flame must not shake us".