In Marseille, Suspended Prison Required Against an Elected PS at the Town Hall for Violence Against LFI Activists

On Thursday 22 May, Sébastien Jibrayel, elected municipal, departmental councillor and metropolitan councillor, was called to the bar to answer for acts of aggression in a meeting. Dressed in a navy blue jacket, a white shirt and dark pants, the former sports assistant seems as harsh as his outfit. He appeared next to his father, Henri Jibrayel, former deputy, departmental councillor and general adviser (PS), Lyèce Choulak, deputy youth of the 1…

Twenty-four months of suspended prison were required against Sébastien Jibrayel, present with his father the former MP Henri Jibrayel during the January assault of two LFI activists who had torn posters from his effigy in the northern districts of Marseilles.

The municipal mayor of Marseille, Sébastien Jibrayel, his father Henri and two other men appeared before the courts on Thursday 22 May. They are accused of having participated in violence in a meeting against colliers d'affiches de La France insoumise.

The mayor of the Phocean city, Benoît Payan, had withdrawn from Sébastien Jibrayel his delegation after the opening of the investigation in March.

On 18 January 2025, two LFI activists were beaten in the middle of a collage of posters. Sébastien Jibrayel, a deputy PS of Benoît Payan, was prosecuted.

Sébastien Jibrayel and his father Henri Jibrayel are being prosecuted for having participated in violence against two LFI activists who came to put up posters. The first was the Sports Assistant to the Mayor of Marseille Benoit Payan, until March.