Overview
- Vaucluse authorities suspended the January 27 decree that had forced Yann Bompard’s resignation, reinstating him as mayor pending review.
- The suspension follows his appeal of a January 26 conviction and an administrative challenge filed on February 6 against the prefect’s order.
- The Tribunal administratif de Nîmes set a hearing for March 6, less than two weeks before the first round of the municipal elections.
- Bompard was sentenced to five years of ineligibility with immediate effect and an 18‑month suspended prison term in a fictitious employment case.
- The city had been left without clear leadership after the prefectural order, with first deputy Denis Sabon previously removed following his move to an RN list, while former mayor Jacques Bompard is now eligible to run in the March vote.