La Courneuve's mayor Aly Diouara (LFI) has removed the Palestinian flag from the town hall facade following an administrative court order. Facing a heavy daily fine from 6am on Monday 20 April, he justified the move to spare residents the cost. The flag had been raised last Thursday to protest the Yadan law.
Aly Diouara, the new La France insoumise mayor of La Courneuve in Seine-Saint-Denis, raised the Palestinian flag on the town hall fronton last Thursday. The action protested the Yadan law, a bill by Caroline Yadan to combat new forms of antisemitism, which was withdrawn from the National Assembly's agenda.
The administrative court ordered the town hall to remove the emblem or face a "heavy daily fine" starting at 6am on 20 April. The display lasted only four days. Diouara complied to "avoid making the town hall, and thus the residents, bear the cost of this fine," as he stated on Facebook.
Despite the removal, the mayor stands firm. "Flag or not, La Courneuve and its residents will continue to support all voices calling for Palestinian self-determination, an end to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and a halt to settlement in the West Bank," he posted on social media.
