A simple selfie, and a whole town hall is at bay… At the festival of the Abreuvoir district, last weekend in Bobigny, the new PCF mayor, Abdel Sadi, posed, for a photo, with two association managers, before posting it on Facebook.
One of them is none other than Lynda Benakouche, the president of Crescendo, a children's aid structure.
An active association, also in charge of mission in town hall ... but also companion of Jean-Christophe Soumbou, member of the barbarian gang sentenced to eighteen years in prison in 2006 for his role in the kidnapping, torture and murder of young Ilan Halimi.
Deemed "protected" by the UDI under the previous term according to some - the hypothesis was documented in the book "the Mayor and the Barbarians" written by the journalist Eve Szeftel - it would now be, if we believe this photo , in the little papers of… the new PCF municipality, elected in June.
Enough to question an observer of local life: “While during the campaign, the Communists had almost made this woman an anti-UDI argument, once in power, they have the same methods!
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His name mentioned in accusations of patronage
Why does Lynda Benakouche crystallize tensions in Bobigny?
If this mother of a family has never been convicted in the case of the Barbarian gang, being only the companion of one of the members, her name shivers in the corridors of the town hall, where she works as an agent of entertainment in the service of sports.
Because, beyond the conviction of her husband, she herself was the subject of three admonitions of the prefecture of Seine-Saint-Denis about her job.
Three times, under the UDI mandate, between 2014 and 2020, the state services have pointed out his qualifications lower than those required for the job held.
In addition, the Regional Chamber of Accounts (CRC) had also pinned Lynda Benakouche among the overpaid agents in terms of their skills.
Each time, the municipality gave her a new contract, and, just before the first round of the elections, even "interned" - paving the way for civil servant status.
In 2005, she was notably convicted of violence against another woman.
“Many people do not understand why the new mayor publicly displays his proximity to Lynda Benakouche, while his activists had him in sight during the campaign, observes a regular in the corridors of the town hall.
The CGT also disapproved of her being kept in office, while the prefecture had rejected her hiring three times ... "
The mayor says he doesn't want to do a "witch hunt"
What does the mayor say?
Benjamin Dumas, his chief of staff, replies that Abdel Sadi is in a “policy of appeasement” and is not a supporter of the “witch hunt”.
Understand: the city cannot fire someone who has not been convicted in the Ilan Halimi case.
“The mayor is talking to everyone, even those who campaigned for the UDI,” says the Sadi employee.
Still, there is some discomfort.
“Madame Benakouche is both a city agent and an association, it is normal for the mayor to meet her regularly on events.
But he's not the one asking for the
selfies
!
Moreover, a photo is not worth support or friendship, ”concludes Benjamin Dumas.
His role within an association hailed
Contacted, a member of the previous UDI majority also insists that Lynda Benakouche was "not convicted in the case of the Barbarian gang" and that she "therefore did not have to be fired".
He also insists on “the role of his association with hundreds of young people”.
And to have fun with the controversy born after the photo of Abdel Sadi with Lynda Benakouche: “The new team will have to justify its outrageous positions during the campaign about it.
It's the sprinkler watered!
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At the CGT, it is confirmed that "the mayor is not in a witch-hunt process", which explains why he accepted this selfie in the company of a sulphurous agent and hostile to his policy.
But the case Lynda Benakouche questions all the same: “It is a hothead.
We know that if we take too close an interest, there are possibilities of reprisals… ”
It is the subject of an internal procedure at the town hall
Last thing: according to our information, Lynda Benakouche is under internal proceedings, and must be heard by the administration.
During the municipal investiture council of Abdel Sadi, in mid-July, she would have violently rebuked one of the newly elected, the socialist Fouad Ben Ahmed, who had made an alliance with the PCF in the interval between the two rounds.
"She yelled at him that he had given the city to the Communists," said a source familiar with the matter.
That she wouldn't forget it.
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We tried to reach Lynda Benakouche by several means, without response.
At the watering place for the neighborhood festival organized by the associations APOG / ADOS / crescendo / the mothers of Bobigny / Solid '...
Gepostet von Abdel Sadi am Sonntag, 13. September 2020