The climate is hardening on the Canebière in the final stretch of the municipal elections. Shaken by suspicions of fraud weighing on his campaign, while a preliminary investigation was opened by the parquet floor of Marseilles concerning proxies, Martine Vassal returns the charges on his competitors.
Monday, four running mate of the candidate of the Republicans organized a press conference to invite the justice to widen the perimeter of its investigation. Martine Vassal had asked them to set up a monitoring commission on all sectors of the city to analyze the processing of powers of attorney in each sector.
José Allegrini, former Bâtonnier of Marseille (head of list in the 4th sector), Stéphane Sotto, spokesperson (2nd sector), General David Galtier (7th sector) and Frédéric Collart (4th) presented the first results of their research , seven days before a second round of one which promises to be tight between the right and the Printemps marseillais by Michèle Rubirola.
In a summary document of which Figaro.fr was able to take cognizance, the Vassal running mounts rely on the list of powers of attorney registered by the city of Marseille and denounce "incredible things". For example, they point to an "abysmal rate" of proxies in the 1st and 7th arrondissements, or 1,371 of the 6,998 registered by the city. They also claim that "more than 2,300 powers of attorney" were filed after March 1.
The friends of Vassal also rely on the lists of signatures held in the prefecture to point to the 4th and 5th arrondissements. "What was not our surprise to discover at the office of Chutes La Vie a series of proxies entrusted to the sympathizers of a candidacy", they write, astonished by the fact that proxies were deposited by "dozens" the same day for people from the "same residence" (24 February 20 according to them). "Either the procedure was not followed, or all of these people hired a bus to get to the police station!" », They add in the commission document where they also question a high level of powers of attorney in certain offices (402 and 442). "The consequences on the 4th and 5th arrondissements are enormous for our camp, our candidate not being in the second round for 63 votes", they rebel by announcing their intention to seize the prosecutor of a complaint against "maneuvers "And file an action for annulment.
The counterattack of the Vassalists continues with questions about an Ehpad in the 6th sector (Notre Dame de la Compassion) or even about the communication tools used by their competitors from the PS and Printemps Marseillais offering to "carry" proxies to the place of constituents.
Finally, if the running members do not rule out the possibility of having made mistakes, they ask the justice system to be "objective" and to consider the problem of powers of attorney in a broader context. "If in our camp some people have made a mistake, the candidate (Vassal) has very clearly expressed that she will do without details," say the candidates. They are calling for two immediate steps: a state audit of all “panic” powers of attorney before confinement and details of the “recent change” in proxy rules. "And if it is necessary to clean the stables of Augias, then let's go", conclude the partners of Martine Vassal before announcing the continuation of their "investigations".
Municipal in Marseille: suspected of fraud, Vassal (LR) claims the cancellation of all powers of attorney