US EditionMarriage of an Oqtf: Mayor and Deputies Prefer to Resign
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Olivier Bourjot (various right-wing parties) resigned on 15 December in order not to marry a man who had the obligation to leave the territory (OQTF). He received the support of the right and the far right and the refusal of the prefecture.
According to the prosecutor, the resignation of Olivier Bourjot, Mayor of Chessy, "cannot remove the fact that the constant opposition that was his (...) is likely to characterize a criminal offence".
The mayor of Chessy (77) and his deputies resign for not having to marry a foreigner under OQTF. Elisabeth Lévy reacts to the case in his radio chronicle. We suggest that you listen to him. No mayor, no marriage! To avoid applying an absurd court decision which, according to him, legitimizes a violation of the law, the mayor of Chessy has released the nuclear weapon: he and his deputies have resigned so that there is no more civil registrar or e…
In the Paris region, in Chessy, the mayor and all his deputies resigned from their executive functions in order not to celebrate the marriage of a foreigner under OQTF since 2022. According to our information, the future groom was under the obligation to leave the territory for irregular stay. But, as the OQTF was not executed, this reason is not sufficient for justice to oppose it. For an elected person, refusing to celebrate a marriage is a cr…
In Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, the mayor and his deputies resigned in bloc rather than celebrating the marriage of a man targeted by an OQTF, when the court ordered the town hall to organize the ceremony.
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Despite the evidence provided by the couple and the duty of justice, Olivier Bourjot refused to marry a woman and a man under OQTF, whose relationship he considered "inincense".
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