From: Jacques Du Pasquier (jacques@dtext.com)
Date: Thu Mar 14 2002 - 11:53:07 MST
Good news !
I had the lawyer's office on the phone earlier today. They confirmed
they had just filed a formal appeal to the decision this afternoon.
But the nature of the decision was such that one was not guaranteed
that it wouldn't be executed all the same (before the appeal was
considered).
In the meantime, however, we learnt from the press that the "préfet"
of Maine-et-Loire said that he would not execute the decision in a
hurry, even though the appeal was not suspensive, and would wait for
the decision of the Court of Angers on the appeal. He said he would do
that out of respect for the family's mourning and the serenity with
which this issue should be treated.
I wrote yesterday to all the main newspapers and teles in France. On
the other hand I never read the newspapers and haven't watched tele,
so I don't know if it had an impact :-) Press in general may have had
an impact, as things were put into the Prefet's hands by the
situation, and he could take quick action without risks only in the
complete absence of interest.
We will try to coordinate with people who feel concerned about this
(I have found quite a few, to various degrees, some even slightly
organized), to raise public attention and try to influence the course
of events.
Jacques
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