Robert Ménard refused to celebrate his marriage in 2023. The couple’s fiancée decided to testify for the first time on Tuesday.
She was to marry in July 2023 with her fiancé, Mustafa, a 23 -year -old Algerian. But Robert Ménard had finally decided otherwise. The mayor of Béziers, close to the extreme right, had refused to proceed to marriage under the ground that the couple’s fiancé was under OQTF, or under the obligation to leave the territory. “It was surely not a white wedding and I can no longer bear this accusation, it tears my heart every time I see that,” said this Tuesday, February 18 at the microphone of Bfmtv Eva, the couple’s fiancée.
For the first time, she came out of silence and speaks publicly on the case that turned her life upside down. A speaking that occurs while Robert Ménard was heard in the morning on the case at the Montpellier court. Because in accordance with article 12 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the law authorized this union. “We lived every day together. The little one [sa fille ndlr.]he has known her from a very young age. She even calls her ‘dad’ “, explains the young Frenchwoman to our colleagues from BFMTV. And to add:” I am the fiancée of Mustapha, it is to me that we spoiled life. “
Questioned by the continuous information chain on the OQTF which was aimed at its fiancé, Eva says that Mustapha “underwent a police check in August 2022 for a bike they suspected [qu’il ait] stolen “. However,” he came out free with the bicycle “, proof according to her innocence.” But, having no residence permit valid to present, the prefect put this OQTF for a year unfortunately ” , she explained. France 3the lawyer of the young couple wishes to put things into perspective concerning the OQTF: “We confuse everything: OQTF, died and delinquency. Mustapha was under the obligation to leave French territory because of a refusal of Delivery of residence permit, linked to this story of concealment of bikes.