2023-04-27 09:06:00
It was Abobakre Bouhjar, the socialist municipal councilor, who was then indignant at the remarks he heard on the bench of the majority. “She compared (pointing to Alderman Byttebier) the people in the room who turned their backs on Berlin 1934. I want an apology, otherwise we leave the room.” And to ask the College to dissociate itself, and the alderman to assume. “When I saw several people filming and taking pictures of people with their backs turned, I wanted to warn him not to post on social media. Photos of people with their backs turned might be misinterpreted because I went to see an exhibition in Berlin and it’s not fair to broadcast images like that”, replied Adelheid Byttebier following an interruption of the session.
Apologies, but no more quorum
The representatives of the Socialist Party present will therefore ask that Alderman Groen take a “step aside”. A request to which the majority does not intend to respond positively for the moment, we are told. A complaint will be lodged by members of the opposition as well as by the public present. The mayor pointed out here apologized in both languages and assures that his remarks were taken out of context, which was that of a reference to an exhibition she recently visited in Berlin. “If taking photos that made me think of an exhibition offended people, yes, I apologize.”
Apologies which were neither accepted by the public nor by the opposition, which then left the premises, thus suspending the session given that the quorum was not ensured by the majority, four members were absent” for compelling reasons, not political ones”. A movement which particularly irritated the majority which published, in the process, a press release placing the blame on “the opposition PS – PTB – Les Engagés – MR […] [qui] decided to make all Schaerbeekois pay the price for these regrettable but very human absences by leaving the municipal council.
Parking (always) at a standstill
In fact, the thorny file of the parking regulations was on the agenda this Wednesday. In the preamble, Cédric Mahieu (Les Engagés) said that if “the majority comes without a quorum, it must come with a consensus”. Neither, since the latter wanted to remove the parking point from the agenda, which was refused by the opposition councillors. As a reminder, Schaerbeek has been postponing the file for several months.
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