A divisive figure in the French media landscape, the journalist and activist close to France Insoumise Taha Bouhafs, should be a candidate in the legislative elections of the 14th district of the Rhône under the banners of the Popular Union led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Information revealed by
Le Figaro
.
It will not be the first time since in 2017, the
Media
journalist had been a candidate in Isère where he had collected 11% of the votes in the first round.
This year in Vénissieux, he should face him the outgoing deputy Yves Blein (LREM) and the communist mayor, Michèle Picard.
The announcement of his candidacy did not fail to make people talk on social networks.
The 24-year-old young man has made a name for himself by following many popular movements such as Nuit Debout or the "yellow vests".
It was he who revealed the Benalla affair by filming the events in the Place de la Contrescarpe.
He has found himself in business a few times.
Recently, he was sentenced to pay a fine of 1,500 euros to Linda Kebbab, national delegate of the police union Unit SGP-FO whom he had described as "Arab service".
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