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Emile Roger Lombertie, in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), town of which he is mayor, on January 10, 2025.

In Limoges, the announcement by the mayor (numerous proper) took his personal camp abruptly. On January 7, Emile Roger Lombertie, 74, declared he was operating for a 3rd time period, in an interview with Popular of the Center. “I served two terms, I transformed Limoges. Many people have asked me to continue my action”, he assures. Only a restricted family knew. Guillaume Guérin, finance deputy and president of the metropolis, was not one in all them. And he has “not much enjoyed the operation”.

“Like me, no partner or elected official from the municipal majority was informed of this interview”he wrote in an e-mail despatched the identical day to Les Républicains members. He denounces “an attempt to establish a brutal balance of power” And “a hostage-taking” of the bulk. Because this resolution “unilateral” pulls the rug out from underneath him. Gold“it was always agreed (…) that we agree on how to organize the campaign”says the president of the metropolis, Monday January 26, on the Zénith in Limoges. That day, in entrance of 1,500 individuals, he launched his candidacy. ” Finally “based on his supporters, who’ve been ready for his declaration since September.

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