There is great tension in the campaign for the departmental elections in the canton of Evry-Courcouronnes (Essonne), the first round of which will take place on Sunday, June 20.
This canton, currently on the left, is the most disputed in the department, with six pairs that present themselves.
And he is the only one where the left has not managed to unite with three lists.
What to tend the atmosphere?
This Saturday morning, around 11:30 am, the political confrontation literally degenerated between candidates from the Union list of the left and environmentalists and the father of a candidate of the Citizens with the environmentalists and the united left.
While the group crossed paths on the Thorigny market, blows were exchanged and several complaints will be filed.
A police investigation was opened.
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“I'm in shock,” says Mohand Bennacer (DVG), Union list candidate.
My running mate, Farida Amrani (LFI) and my replacement, Gautier Albignac, were attacked for free by the father of a candidate from another list.
We were towing in the market when this gentleman arrived with a friend and pushed over one of us and insulted him.
He grabbed her by the collar and tore her sweater.
Gautier came and was punched.
There were four of us to stop him and lay him on the ground, I took a slap in the face.
Traders came to help us.
His friend also tried to calm him down.
Farida Amrani was also allegedly pushed around and insulted.
"The campaign is tense on the left but it's a shame that it comes to this"
With Gautier Albignac and Marc Frey, it must file a complaint for this violence. All three were this Saturday afternoon in the emergency room of the South Ile-de-France hospital in Corbeil-Essonnes. “They have ten days of temporary work stoppage,” specifies Mohand Bennacer who accompanied them and does not wish to file a complaint. This gentleman has been tearing down or covering our posters for a month. There, we do not even know the reasons for this attack ... "
The man who allegedly attacked them is none other than the father of Julien Monier (EELV), himself a candidate for the Citizens.
“The campaign is tense on the left, but it's a shame that it has come to this, regrets Julien Monier.
I did not attend the scene, but I see that my father is 70 years old, he was alone against at least four people.
He found himself in a belt and was beaten.
He has two days of temporary incapacity for work.
He will file a complaint.
I regret that there was violence.
"
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Blessed bread for the mayor of Evry-Courcouronnes, who supports two of his deputies who are running for this election. Stéphane Beaudet hastened to denounce the facts on his Facebook page: “Violence, again violence, moreover distilled by these very teams who advocate peace, tolerance, citizenship and
everything
, hand on heart. Today I am ashamed for them. "A reaction that has hardly tasted Mohand Bennacer who denounces a" scandalous recovery ".
