Between the aisles of the Estacade market in Grenoble, at the beginning of January, passers-by circulate in a hurry, casting a distracted glance at the activists of La France insoumise (LFI) who are distributing leaflets for their candidate, Lyes Louffok, who represents the New Popular Front, the alliance of parties of the parliamentary left. Few know: Sunday January 12, eleven candidates will compete for the first round of the legislative by-election of the 1re constituency of Isère.
The deputy just elected in July 2024, the “rebellious” Hugo Prevost, resigned the following October 9, after being accused of sexist and sexual violence, then excluded from the movement founded by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The economics student, then aged 24, created a surprise by beating the outgoing MP (Renaissance), Olivier Véran, in a triangular vote in the second round.
“It’s clear that this story doesn’t help us. There is confidence to regain”sighs Lyes Louffok, bundled up in a big black down jacket. “The profile of Lyes Louffok and his fight for the rights of the child, and his deputy [Claire Nguyen, infirmière libérale]is unifying »want to believe, for their part, Quentin and Valentin, two young “rebellious” activists in their thirties, who came from Marseille to lend a hand (they did not wish to give their names). “Parachuted” from Val-de-Marne, where he led his first political campaign after the dissolution of the National Assembly, in June 2024, Lyes Louffok assures us: “Symbolically, the left must retain this constituency. »
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