“We Have Handed Local Populations Over to Small-Time “Caciques”,” Laments Michèle Oriol

Michèle Oriol lamented that municipalities have been handed over to “maires-caciques” under the guise of decentralization.

Jonasson Odigène
05 May 2026 — Lecture : 2 min.
“We Have Handed Local Populations Over to Small-Time “Caciques”,” Laments Michèle Oriol

Michèle Oriol

“We have handed local populations over to little caciques,” the sociologist deplored while speaking on Radio Magik 9’s Panel Magik on Monday, May 4, 2026. According to Ms. Oriol, this situation emerged under the banner of decentralization.

“In 1986, we entered into a decentralization logic. Those who studied in France and saw François Mitterrand launch decentralization did not try to understand either the political context, the social context, or the institutional context, and they wanted to

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