counter-attack by the association behind this campaign against the Covid vaccine
The Haute-Garonne prefecture has requested the removal of antivax posters from the streets of Toulouse. The association behind the campaign filed an appeal to obtain the suspension of the prefectural decree.
The prefect of Haute-Garonne has banned an antivax poster campaign in the streets of the metropolis of Toulouse. The association behind the posters – Réinfo Liberté – filed an appeal to obtain a suspension of this decision taken on August 27, 2022.
For the president of the association, “thehe prefect has done his job but he is under the orders of the government. The Secretary of State (editor’s note Sonia Bachès, in charge of Citizenship) stepped up to the plate following a press campaign. The government felt compelled to act.”
Vincent Pavant specifies that the decree requesting the removal of the posters is respected. But the head of the initiative that decreed the controversy believes that the but “est simply to inform against serious side effects of vaccination“against covid.
For the lawyer of the association Freedom Info, the summary proceedings filed with the administrative courts do not relate to the merits of the poster campaign. Me David Guyon believes that ” the issue is not to say who is right or not. Freedom of expression includes the right to say things…“.
Freedom of expression allows us to say that 2+2 = 5.
Me David GuyonLawyer for the association Réinfo Liberté
For the moment, the Montpellier lawyer has not received a hearing date. He hopes to be able to plead before the judge in chambers in the next 7 to 10 days. But it’s not done. The filed appeal must be declared admissible before a final judgment. But David Guyon already has his line of defense.
The posters of its customers participate”a debate of general interest on the side effects of vaccination against Covid“. A specialist in public law, the association’s lawyer behind a controversial campaign knows perfectly well that a possible suspension of the prefectural decree requesting the removal of the posters involves, legally speaking, an attack on a fundamental freedom.
In a second step, the lawyer hopes to obtain the power of the administrative judge, once the suspension has been pronounced, a cancellation of the prefectural ban. But this decision will not intervene before 8 months.
It is therefore a litigation marathon that is launched. But, once again, must the “top” start be given by the judge in chambers in the coming days.