Was the chaos organized? In Roubaix, in the North, the Municipal Council meeting on Thursday October 10 took an unexpected turn. While the opposition was discussing the Alma urban renovation plan, dozens of individuals hostile to the project entered the council room, under the stunned gaze of local elected officials. “ The young people went into a tailspin straight away », Confided one of the elected officials to the regional daily The Voice of the North.
Shouts, threats, insults and shoving… The troublemakers, most of them hooded, caused such a commotion that the municipal police had to intervene to try to restore calm, in vain. Faced with this chaos, the city’s mayor, Guillaume Delbar, was forced to suspend the session. After an hour’s interruption, discussions were finally able to resume.
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“We saw manipulation”
The Alma collective, which claims to be at the initiative of this wild demonstration, for its part blames the police for the clashes. This is not the first time that the collective has invited itself with tumult to the Roubaix municipal council. At the end of December 2023, opponents of the urban renewal project had already interrupted a session, by deploying a banner in the council room.
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Beyond the action of the Alma collective, the mayor of Roubaix and certain elected officials suspect La France insoumise of having orchestrated the excesses that occurred last Thursday. “ We are not fooled, we saw manipulation », said the councilor. The latter indeed ensures that certain “ political figures in the audience » ont « contributed to messing up the situation “. Guillaume Delbar points the finger in particular at the Insoumis activists, present that day alongside the disruptors.
LFI denies any responsibility
They accompanied Shéhérazade Bentorki, the deputy of LFI deputy David Guiraud. Some elected officials also see the hand of the Insoumis deputy in this coup. The person concerned did not take long to defend himself. “ No one has anything to gain from this noxious atmosphere », wrote David Guiraud on Facebook, even accusing the mayor of Roubaix of being “ today the manager “. Scheherazade Bentorki denied “ formally » be at the initiative of this action. “ I came to attend this municipal council, as I have done before “, she assured.
