Rally towards racism in Saint-Denis on the initiative of Mayor Bally Bagayoko | EUROtoday

“The cause that we defend is above” the variations or the difficulties for some to look alongside La France insoumise, estimated Saturday on Franceinfo Bally Bagayoko, who expects “between 10,000 and 20,000 people”, whereas a number of events ought to be conspicuous by their absence.

“Those who today in fact reduce this march solely to the label of La France insoumise are wrong and are ultimately unworthy of this fight which is a fight against racism, against anti-Semitism and against Islamophobia and all forms of discrimination,” declared Bally Bagayoko.

The absence of the minister answerable for the combat towards discrimination

Asked concerning the absence particularly of the Minister Delegate answerable for the Fight towards Discrimination Aurore Bergé, he judged that “if there is one minister who should have been there, it is definitely her”, whereas thanking her “particularly” for having proven her solidarity by phone.

The mayor, of Malian origin, launched the decision for this gathering final Sunday on his Instagram account, after a number of controversial remarks aimed toward him made on CNews. On March 27 and 28, on this channel, hyperlinks had been made between Bally Bagayoko and “the family of great apes”, and he was accused of a “dominant male” angle.

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CNews mentioned it “formally contested that any racist comments were made” on its channel and administration knowledgeable AFP that feedback had been “deliberately distorted on social networks, fueling an unfounded controversy”.

On Thursday, the Paris prosecutor’s workplace indicated that it had opened an investigation for “public insult due to origin, ethnicity, nation, race or religion”, the day after the submitting of a grievance by the elected official, who additionally referred to as throughout an interview with AFP to shut the channel. The prefect grew to become a civil celebration as requested by Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.

The first as mayor notably scrutinized and criticized

While Interior Minister Laurent Nunez described the feedback as “despicable” and “absolutely unacceptable”, Bally Bagayoko judged this authorities help “always appreciable”, though it got here “relatively late”.

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The first steps of Bally Bagayoko, elected within the first spherical towards the outgoing socialist mayor Mathieu Hanotin and on the finish of an especially tense marketing campaign, had been notably scrutinized and criticized.

After a stormy first municipal council, throughout which the previous mayor and his working mates had been closely booed and whistled, a number of political leaders had been indignant on the environment noticed, in response to them, in a number of cities received by LFI or varied left-wing candidates.

The authorities had additionally pointed the finger at Bally Bagayoko for having declared to CNews that “civil servants are above all people who in fact respond to a political command”.

With AFP