Overview
- Reports in the French press prompted formal scrutiny of Bally Bagayoko and Aly Diouara over separate claims of suspected fictitious employment and improper occupancy of social housing.
- An anti‑corruption group filed a complaint against Bagayoko alleging fictitious employment, while the RATP issued an official denial of any preferential or sham job tied to him and Bagayoko has publicly denied wrongdoing.
- Diouara says his social‑housing eligibility was calculated on his 2024 income and that he has sought alternative housing; he currently keeps both deputy and mayoral mandates while his mayoral indemnity is suspended because an electoral appeal is pending.
- Jean‑Luc Mélenchon posted public defenses of both men and accused media and political opponents of using racial bias as a weapon against Black LFI politicians, citing prior cases involving other Black members of the movement.
- The disputes highlight practical legal questions about how French rules on dual mandates, indemnities and social‑housing income ceilings are applied and signal possible further legal or administrative reviews that could affect the two officials' allowances and mandates.