Overview
- Amine Kessaci, 22, announced he will run on Benoît Payan’s Printemps marseillais list and is set to be placed high on the central slate in an eligible position.
- He says his goal is to make Marseille a national showcase in the fight against narcotraffic and plans to launch a mayors’ association on the issue after the election.
- Kessaci promotes a global approach pairing proximity policing with stronger public services in education, housing and transport rather than relying solely on repression.
- Recent coverage reports Payan and RN candidate Franck Allisio running neck and neck as security and drug trafficking shape voter priorities in France’s second-largest city.
- Payan cites a record of doubling municipal police from 350 to 700 officers and pledges to double them again, while Kessaci campaigns under police protection and often wears a bulletproof vest.