High school student anger: Éric Ciotti calls for the “revocation” of the mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko

The UDR mayor of Nice, Éric Ciotti, on Tuesday requested the “revocation” by the Council of Ministers of the LFI mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko, stressing that this body has the “faculty” of taking this type of measure “when a mayor betrays his office”. “He incites and fuels violence, even though he is a judicial police officer and the representative of the State,” he accused, assuring that if LFI came to power “we would immediately be in a bloodthirsty dictatorship.”

Already, Paris police chief Patrice Faure took legal action last week against Bally Bagayoko for “alleged acts of provocation to commit a crime”. This, after the rebellious councilor had estimated that “violence, at a given moment, can be legitimate”. “But whenever we can avoid it, it’s better,” he immediately qualified.

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“A double talk”

Furthermore, Éric Ciotti doubted "the sincerity of Sébastien Lecornu's anger this afternoon" at the National Assembly where he condemned the violence on the sidelines of the high school students' demonstrations and refuted any "police repression". “Basically, he is completely right, but we cannot have double talk. We cannot denounce LFI after the elections and ally with them in the elections,” said the deputy for Alpes-Maritimes, referring to the Republican barrage against the RN during the early legislative elections of 2024.