The minority group faced a categorical and reasoned refusal from the majority MIL, through the voice of the mayor. “We have a CEO acting in the presence of Renaud Pestiaux, who exercises the same function at the CPAS, has experience of municipal matters since 1996, and who has agreed to ensure continuity until 2024. That year, there will be 5 elections; if recruitment is launched now, it risks being particularly burdensome for a director taking office at that time.“
Jean-François Gatelier adds that with the acting financial director, they launched the reorganization of services and thus restored a calmer climate within the administration. “Mr. Pestiaux should present to us at the next board meeting the new organization, more pyramidal, which makes it possible to lighten the managerial burden. So we’re not going to rush“.
Retorting”You therefore choose to remain illegal, since a CEO must be replaced within 6 months of the end of his predecessor’s mission “, Francis Biset (ACE) adds: “so we’ll go see the minister“.
A threat of recourse to guardianship which does not make the majority shudder. “In Flanders, it is completely legal to have a common DG between Commune and CPAS, why might the Walloon legislation not evolve?“concludes Jean-François Gatelier.
