The former socialist presidential candidate Benoît Hamon and his Génération.s party asked this Saturday for the protection of the mayor of Trappes (Yvelines) Ali Rabeh, the target according to them of a "surge of hatred" and "death threats" .
The councilor is in conflict with a professor of philosophy of the city, Didier Lemaire, who denounces "the progression of an ever stronger community hold" on his students, as well as "the absence of a strategy of the State to overcome Islamism ”.
Due to the media repercussions of this affair, Ali Rabeh claims to be the victim of "death threats", for which he filed a complaint.
“Emmanuel Macron, Gérald Darmanin (
Editor's note
:
Minister of the Interior
), Valérie Pécresse (
president of the Ile-de-France region
), not a word from you to defend an elected representative of the Republic.
How to interpret your silence?
"He denounced on Twitter.
After several complaints lodged for death threats, your Pharos platform informs me of a new serious threat. @ EmmanuelMacron @ GDarmanin @ vpecresse NOT A WORD from you to defend an elected representative of the Republic.
How to interpret your silence?
pic.twitter.com/3NOMxURq12
- Ali Rabeh (@alirabeh) February 13, 2021
Valérie Pécresse asked Friday for the “dismissal” of the mayor Génération.
s who would have distributed in a high school a leaflet "attacking frontally" Didier Lemaire.
Benoît Hamon defended Ali Rabeh on Twitter, also his former parliamentary assistant: “A mayor victim of massive and abject racism, threatened with death several times.
Valérie Pécresse does not ask for her protection but for her dismissal.
Ali Rabeh must be protected.
"
A mayor victim of massive and abject racism, several times threatened with death.
@vpecresse does not ask for its protection but for its revocation.
@alirabeh must be protected.
@GDarmanin #SupportAliRabeh
- Benoît Hamon (@benoithamon) February 13, 2021
And in a press release, the Generation movement.
s founded by Benoît Hamon has also provided support to the city councilor who “defends the values of the Republic on a daily basis, and fights those who attack it”.
"We refuse to allow the issue of working-class neighborhoods to be reduced to a blind opposition between blissful angelism and anti-Muslim hatred," says Génération.s.
Support hashtag
A hashtag (keyword) supporting the mayor of Trappes was also launched.
“Elected on the ground, it is he (
Editor's note
: Ali Rabeh
) who is at the bedside of the Republic from morning to night.
Caricature of the existing problems can only amplify them, ”tweeted the mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle (EELV).
Tonight I want to say my support to the mayor of #Trappes, @AliRabeh.
Elected in the field, it is he who is at the bedside of the Republic from morning to night.
Caricaturing the problems that exist can only amplify them.
- Éric Piolle (@EricPiolle) February 12, 2021
For his part, RN spokesman Sébastien Chenu lamented on Franceinfo that Professor Didier Lemaire was "let go by the mayor" while "we would wait for unity."
According to him, "that says a lot about the state's inability to stem the rise of Islamism."
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Two officials of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella and Laurent Jacobelli, went to Trappes on Friday.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, offered in the middle of the week a "close protection" to the professor of philosophy of Trappes, who accepted it, explaining that he was also going "to leave teaching, but not necessarily National Education ”.