« I didn’t know anything about this election. Usually, I only vote for the presidential and municipal elections. I didn’t really know what the purpose of the deputies was. But I see that there is a big issue, with the rise of the RN and the racist speech that is being released, so I came to vote. ” explains Aminata. Mother of three children, this 44-year-old from Bondy came with her children to Bondy City Hall to carry out her civic duty.
This woman wearing a veil has lived in fear in recent weeks. In question, the multiplication of racist acts committed by the extreme right. “I am worried when I see everything that is happening in this society. People no longer hide from being racist. I’m afraid for me and my children, because we have a skin color that apparently bothers a lot of people ” notes the mother from Bondy bitterly.
Voters anxious about the rise of the far right
In the polling station, all sections of the population meet. We see retirees, parents, young workers and first-time voters. This extraordinary election mobilizes, as Norah, 52 years old and president of the polling station, points out. This is the sixth time I have held a polling station in Bondy and I can tell you that the turnout is much higher than the previous times. Here, we must be at about 5% more. ” she says.
Surprised, but exhausted after the President’s announcement to dissolve the National Assembly, she only realized the choice made by Emmanuel Macron the next day. We were coming off a day where we were here from 7:30 a.m. to midnight. We were still counting votes when we heard the news. I told myself that we were going to have to put the heating blue back on », says Norah.
A stone’s throw from the town hall, at the Jules Ferry school located on Martin Luther King Street, voters came out in force this Sunday morning. Like Daniel, this 70-year-old retiree and former town hall employee, not without difficulty, made the effort to travel to the school. Injured in the hip, Daniel still wanted to come and vote today.
I didn’t vote in the Europeans at the beginning of June, but I couldn’t bear that the party of hatred risks coming to power
« I didn’t vote in the European elections at the beginning of June, but I couldn’t bear that the party of hate might come to power. I have Franco-Algerian friends whose little girl is four years old. And just thinking about their measures on the right of the soil and the right of blood is unbearable to me. Even Pétain didn’t do that! “, protests the man who will celebrate his 71st birthday at the end of the year.
Djamila, 59, came with her 20-year-old daughter to vote. She does not hide her doubts after her vote. “ I fear the RN program, especially when we see the fate reserved for immigrants. My husband is dual national and a lot of people around me are, so it sucks. The RN program is racist and no one hides it. This is what I don’t understand. »
Regardless of the polling station, the watchword was the same in Bondy: do not give any ounce of power to a National Rally candidate. It is certain that this injunction will remain unchanged next Sunday during the second round.
Felix Mubenga
