The Charente beneath guardianship? Unrealized | EUROtoday

On Apr 17, 2025

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C ‘is sort of by no means seen in France, or on the very least it’s a extraordinarily uncommon state of affairs.

The president of the Departmental Council of Charente, Philippe Bouty, on the head of the chief since 2021, didn’t have his funds adopted for the 12 months 2025. The socialist boss of this rural division, positioned within the New Aquitaine area, had till Tuesday night 23:59 to realize this.

The origin of this failed assembly just isn’t monetary, however very political. In a context of a highlighted battle for a number of months, the eighteen departmental advisers of the correct and middle opposition determined to boycott the funds session on Tuesday, joined on this by six dissident socialist advisers additionally on the open battle with President Bouty.

At the time of the assembly, the president of the departmental council discovered himself alone, surrounded by 13 departmental councilors remaining trustworthy to him. Not sufficient to achieve the mandatory quorum. The Charentais funds draft may subsequently not be examined or put to the voices.

Under these situations, it’s in idea to the prefect of Charente that it’s as much as take management with the assistance of the Regional Chamber of Accounts in Bordeaux, answerable for changing the departmental meeting and presenting a funds. A type of unprecedented however completely codified administrative guardianship offered for by legislation.

At the origin of this blockage, the bursting in September 2024 of the socialist majority, of which six of the twenty members determined to slam the door. Officially, this thunderous break is linked to the governance of Philippe Bouty.

Serious dysfunctions

“There are very serious internal dysfunctions linked to the methods of managing files by the president of the departmental council. Philippe Bouty is unable to manage conflicts, and when one is president of a department it is a problem, “explains the senator (PS) Nicole Bonnefoy who took the head of the insurrection.

The situation could have continued for a few months, but the campaign for the legislative elections of the summer of 2024 has been there, creating a gaping fracture within the socialist majority. Senator Bonnefoy, who still has the case across the throat, says: “In the 3^e Répcitée held by an RN deputy, President Bouty imposed the candidacy of his own companion to the detriment of the candidate invested by local socialist activists. »Impervisory for the elected representative of the Palais-du-Luxembourg, which fulminates:” It is an unsurpassable fracture line! »»

The past legislative elections, six socialist departmental advisers, therefore put themselves with the withdrawal of the majority, abandoning their vice-press and their delegations. The group of President Bouty, which then only has fourteen members, at the same time lost its majority for the benefit of the right and center-right group (fort of 18 members) led by the elected official (Modem) by Cognac Jérôme Sourisseau.

This crisis in departmental governance worries the mayors at the highest point. The president of the association of mayors of Charente, Jean-Michel Bolvin, also ex-president (UMP) of the department, relays the concern of his colleagues. “All mayors wonder whether or not their subsidies will be perpetuated. I try to reassure them, but they are not quiet. »»

War of wear

Like Christian Croizard, the first magistrate (without label) of Mansle (1,700 inhabitants), half an hour from Angoulême, who would like to know if the departmental subsidy on which he counts to finalize his repair of the streets of his city will be granted to him. Cultural associations are hardly more serene. Christine Coursaget, who presides over the destinies of the International Art and Popular Traditions Festival of Confolens (2,700 inhabitants), does not know if she will receive the 60,000 euros in departmental subsidies necessary for the budgeting of the budget (1.2 million euros) of the August 2025 edition.

In unison, Jérôme Sourisseau and Nicole Bonnefoy protest. “Philippe Bouty spends his time scaring mayors and associations. He has been carrying out an unworthy campaign for several days which has no other goal than to stir up hatred, ”deplores the senator. “It is the squaming and propaganda intended to scare. The Regional Chamber of Accounts will not remove any subsidy, ”abounds, for its half, the MoDem opponent.

To attempt to get out of the disaster and above all save his chair chair, Philippe Bouty, who didn’t want to reply questions of Pointintroduced to everybody’s shock in an announcement printed on Wednesday on the finish of the day that he was going to prepare a brand new session dedicated to the funds assessment on April 22. The Charente prefecture confirmed, on the very starting of the night, the validity of this summons.

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Behind the scenes, senator Nicole Bonnefoy and departmental advisor Jérôme Sourisseau are busy. Both declare that they may direct the division collectively instead of Philippe Bouty. Jérôme Sourrisseau even introduced to Point That he was prepared to depart the socialist dissidents the presidency of the establishment within the turmoil, being content material with him to occupy the primary vice-presidency.

The two opponents now hope to help Philippe Bouty to the resignation. Philippe Sourisseau filed an official request on the finish of the day an official request for the holding of an distinctive assembly of the Assembly which might be dedicated to the examination and the vote of the withdrawal of the delegations and compensation of the President of the Department. In Charente, it was a ruthless battle of damage and tear that has certainly began.

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