In an interview on Monday at Tout un matin, Hocine Ouendi returned to the events that caused consternation on the internet.
He explained that last Tuesday he attended the monthly meeting of the Anjou district council, accompanied by his mother, to express his disappointment at the ban on free football issued by the district more than a month ago. He then calmly asked the mayor to reopen the borough’s artificial turf one day a week, Saturdays, for the remainder of the season.
The mayor initially replied that the site had been closed because of rudeness from young people, some had ridden electric scooters on the artificial turf, and others had behaved aggressively.
But it was the remarks made a little later in the exchange that ignited the social networks.
First of all, I wouldn’t have come at 15 to confront the mayor the way you do. I don’t know why it’s you, it should have been your mother or father […] I wouldn’t have even had anything to do with him when I was 15, Mayor Miranda said.
I am a full citizen
For Hocine Ouendi, these words are simply unworthy of an elected official.
I’m a full citizen, I had as much right to speak to him as anyone in this room, he said, adding that it’s not normal for an elected official to speak like that.
I don’t think he would have spoken that way to an adult or older person. For Hocine Ouendi it is clear that adolescents are the least of his concerns.
The same goes for his father Smail Ouendi, who sees a lack of respect for young people in these words.
Watching the video and listening to the mayor’s words is really shocking.
The teenager’s father is also outraged by another statement by the mayor, who in his insult called on the parents to educate their children, as there are many poorly educated people.