"This request seems legitimate to me. Firstly because beyond the values we share, I am the one who can allow him on Saturday to be effectively mayor of Marseille. Secondly and above all because the desire to rebalance our city and taking into account working-class neighborhoods can no longer be mere words, "said ex-PS senator Samia Ghali, who asked to be Michèle Rubirola's first assistant in Marseille, in a press release sent to AFP. "Then and above all because the desire to rebalance our city and take into account working-class neighborhoods can no longer be mere words," added who was re-elected during the municipal elections on Sunday in his popular sector in the north of the city.
"Sincere and loyal will to be by his side"
"Last night, for the first time since the election held last Sunday, I met Michèle Rubirola. I clearly expressed my sincere and loyal desire to be by her side to participate in the rally today essential to enable change in Marseille ", writes Samia Ghali.
"So I clearly reiterated to Michèle Rubirola that Marseille could no longer be done without the northern districts", which count the most impoverished districts of the second city of France, she continues. "The moment of the union of the city, of reconciliation between its north and its south, of taking into account all these forgotten and despised people must finally arrive", estimates Mrs. Ghali who affirms to have formulated her request to be first assistant "on their behalf".
"The ball is in his court"
"I now await calmly and as a free woman the response from Mrs. Rubirola. The ball is in his court and it is today his responsibility as future mayor of Marseille to create the conditions for a rally which I call my wishes, "she concludes.
Arrived largely in head in terms of voice during the second round of the municipal ones on the whole of the city in front of the lists LR of Martine Vassal, the Marseilles Spring, the union of the left and the ecologists led by Michèle Rubirola, did no absolute majority of municipal councilors. However, the election of the mayor will take place on Saturday at the municipal council and the eight votes of the elected representatives of Samia Ghali therefore constitute a stake in view of this "3rd round".