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Overview
- Press reports say Bally Bagayoko held a full‑time RATP executive post for roughly 26 years while serving local mandates, a position he confirmed and defended as lawful work compatible with elected office.
- AC!! Anti‑Corruption first filed a complaint over Bagayoko and then lodged a broader complaint on Wednesday, August 12 asking the Parquet national financier to investigate a presumed system of 'emplois fictifs' at the RATP for Paris and Île‑de‑France elected officials.
- The RATP has rejected allegations of organised fictitious jobs and said it will cooperate fully with justice if the PNF opens a probe.
- Political reactions split along party lines with Valérie Pécresse demanding transparency and a possible fast parliamentary review, while LFI figures and Bagayoko call the coverage a political attack and reject accusations of fraud.
- Reporting recalls a 2018 account by former RATP official Jacques Marsaud that about 200 agents once held elected mandates with special arrangements, a detail AC!! cites to argue the need to determine whether the issue is systemic and how it affects public trust and governance in Saint‑Denis.