Nantes A lawyer has been called to account after an open letter decrying the city’s insecurity

Le Figaro Nantes

The case caused a great stir in the palace. On November 4, Nantes Bar Solicitor Kevin Daly posted on the website Current values an open letter to Mayor Johanna Rolan with the title: The native Nantes will not allow you to destroy their castle “. He describes the insecurity and repeated incidents he has witnessed since returning to his hometown two years ago.

A few days later, he receives a letter in his mailbox. “Subject: call“Can we read about the document that was consulted? Le Figaro. In the main text:I am coming back to you after the open letter to Johanna Rolland published in Valeurs Actuelles on November 4th. With these elements in mind, I am calling you on Tuesday, November 15th.»

“Very harsh words”

The business lawyer goes there. “ The president of the lawyers tells me that I was called at the request of some lawyers. He talks to me about the harsh words that made people react“, – tells Figaro interested person. Related, Maître Christine Julienne refutes the term summons; I invited him to come to collect his observations and understand what made him publish this letter.He continues. The President of the Bar is the guardian of ethics. I am informed of an open letter written by a lawyer who claims to be from the Nantes bar. It refers to the pending procedure and the lawyer representing the civil party. My role is to invite him to explain himself.»

Kevin Daly, for his part, states that he did not sign this letter as a lawyer, but in his own name, even if his profession is indicated; Current values in the introductory paragraph. “QWhen I speak of justice and weakness, it is in civil terms– he assures. When he writes that even the lawyer of a woman raped by three Sudanese mentook care to reiterate that immigration and insecurity should not be confused“, he explains that if he were speaking as a lawyer, he would be used the term partner“.

Another detail that is important, according to him, if he spoke on behalf of his dress, they would have been sanctioned.violation of dignity or honor“. A regulation that the president would remind him about during the interview. The latter shows Figaro that ” what was said in the president’s office remains confidential “.

Offended on Twitter

“ It is beyond exception. If he were a plumber, he would write the same thing ” enthuses Maître Gilles-William Goldnadel, who published the case. “ It was the crowning glory when I learned that one of the lawyers who goes by the pseudonym “Gnagnana” called him basically a fascist piece of shit.“The one who immediately volunteered to protect his colleague continues.

According to the entered screenshots Le FigaroOne Twitter user shared an open letter, commenting “when your own bar is invaded by fascist scum“. A few days later, Me Dailly discovers that the president liked the tweet in question. If I had known that, I would not have gone to the interview.“, he responds. “My Twitter account is not the Nantes bar. It’s my freedom of expression as Christine Julien Julien defends me. “I stand by any insult I write, regardless of the Twitter account”he adds.

Kevin Daly does not intend to stop there. “We will bring responsibility to whoever insulted me“, He says. “ Beyond the political struggle, I can understand that this platform is not liked. But I get answered with insults, not arguments “He is offended by condemning the attack on freedom of opinion.