In Marseille, residents accuse the town hall LR of 11-12 of clientelism

• An inscription "We are not bought with pasta and chocolate" is visible in front of the polling station 1103 in the city of Nereides, in Marseille.
• According to residents, these inscriptions refer to a distribution of food parcels for residents close to the mayor Julien Ravier (LR), re-elected narrowly on Saturday with 300 votes in advance.
• The town hall of 11-12 is in the crosshairs of justice since the revelation by the press of possible fraud with the proxies for the municipal ones. The elected official was interviewed on Tuesday by the PJ.

The hearing of its mayor of 11-12 sector, in Marseille, Julien Ravier, by the judicial police, within the framework of an investigation for suspicions of fraud of the proxies, in particular in an Ehpad of the 12th arrondissement, has urge to speak. Océane *, a resident of the city of Néréides, perched in the hills of the 11th arrondissement, is keen to show the inscription in front of the district polling station: “We are not bought with pasta and chocolate. #VassalVoyou. Shameful ”, can we read on the floor, in front of the 1103 office.

For Océane, this entry refers to a distribution of food parcels by Julien Ravier, head of the sector list for Martine Vassal, the candidate Les Républicains, who was re-elected narrowly Sunday evening with about 300 votes in advance. “There was a first distribution towards the end of the confinement, and another fifteen days later. They also distributed restaurant tickets. But only the people who had an acquaintance at the town hall were informed of this distribution, the others had nothing, ”denounces Océane.

"It was clearly political and electoral"

"Some have had it several times while others have had absolutely nothing," confirm two other residents of the neighborhood. Some people who needed it never knew about this distribution. We knew it from people close to the town hall, it was clearly political and electoral. "

The inscription "we are not bought with paws and chocolate [sic]", in front of the polling station 1103 in Marseille. - Adrien Max / 20 Minutes

A situation that is all the more shameful for them because their neighborhood, managed by the social landlord 13 Habitat, is abandoned. “Cracks in the walls, insulation problem, mold, dirt in the common areas. We are promised mountains and wonders before the elections, then nothing, ”they denounce.

Housing proposal after holding a polling station

A situation that Océane has been trying to leave for many years, with requests for transfer. “I joined a senior club in 2015, where we went out, meals. To thank Valérie Boyer [elected in this sector], I asked her to hold a polling station for the departmental elections, where Sylvie Carrega and Thierry Santelli were candidates in our sector. Right after I had a proposal for new housing, Sylvie Carrega takes care of their allocation to 13 Habitat for the 11th and 12th arrondissements. I did not make the connection right away, it was only after. But it is clear that I had this proposal because I ran a polling station, ”says Océane.

Presumed acts that seem to pay off since Julien Ravier won 42.51% of the votes cast in this polling station, while he won the sector with around 35%. The neighboring polling stations were, for the most part, won by the Marseilles Spring.

A sector in the crosshairs of justice

This sector of 11-12 is, since the revelations of France 2 and Marianne on suspicions of fraud with proxies, in the crosshairs of justice with the opening of a preliminary investigation for "fraudulent maneuvers" and "false and uses false ". Tuesday, in addition to the hearing of the mayor Julien Ravier by the PJ, Claudine Hernandez, the general director of the services of the town hall of sector, as well as two municipal employees were placed in police custody, according to La Provence.

Municipal elections in Marseille: Suspected of proxy fraud, Julien Ravier (LR) heard by the PJ https://t.co/vziA3Y7p5t via @ 20minutesmars pic.twitter.com/QjjHnEzNL2

The director of the campaign, Richard Omiros, dismissed after the revelations from the press, Pierre Laget, the elected official in town planning re-elected on Sunday, as well as several activists are also suspected of having been agents for elderly people of the EHPAD Saint-Barnabé, in the 12th arrondissement. Contacted by 20 Minutes, Julien Ravier did not follow up. 

Irregularities during voting

Yannick Ohanessian, the candidate for the Printemps de Marseille beaten for around 300 votes, noted several irregularities during polling day on Sunday, and "is studying very strongly the possibility of appeal".

“We had to call the police at 8 am in the morning. The LR president of office 1206 refused that certain people declare their identity to us and present to us their mandate as assessor or delegate. We didn't know who they were. In the end, among these three people, two never returned when the police arrived, ”says Yannick Ohanessian. The president of the 1206 office was none other than ... Sylvie Carrega, the same one who allocates accommodation for 13 Habitat.

Key sector

“The president of the 1285 office brought all the documents, including the minutes, from the election directly to the permanent staff of Julien Ravier. Before even dropping them off at the centralizing office. We also noted a few offices where the proxies were abnormally high. There were 51, while there are somewhere between three and twenty ”, lists Yannick Ohanessian.

He will announce very soon his decision to appeal, or not, to request the cancellation of elections in this sector, which will ultimately cost the absolute majority in Marseille and Michèle Rubirola.

* The first name has been changed

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