His day of glory has arrived. That evening, even the sky seems to have wanted to congratulate her: the lightning flashed like so many fireworks, a few minutes after her victory. At 177 votes. Regardless of the difference: Sunday June 19, Rachel Keke was elected MP for the 7ᵉ constituency of Val-de-Marne with 50.30% of the votes cast.
Invested by the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes), the candidate with the indelible smile beat her opponent of the presidential majority, Roxana Maracineanu (49.70%). “Tomorrow, she will receive a tricolor scarf. We’re used to seeing that on TV.”was surprised Abass Fofana, his nephew, still struck by emotion. “You will make the Assembly tremble, do not cry”launched a friend to Rachel Keke whom she hugged madly. “My victory is historic”hammered the new elected official who describes herself as ” A warrior “.
So anything is possible. A 48-year-old chambermaid can access one of the most prestigious functions of the Republic by eliminating a former sports minister of Emmanuel Macron. “Politics is accessible to all, provided they get involved”assured Stéphanie Daumin, the mayor (PCF) of Chevilly-Larue where Ms.me Keke. “We were told the constituency was unwinnable; you just had to gosaid Sylvain Mailler, his campaign manager. She represents the Republic, a Republic that struggles to promote people like her. It’s a small miracle. »
At the theater of the city, relatives, activists or anonymous wanted to kiss their deputy and dance alongside her. The cameras were numerous to preserve this moment of history. Journalists, Rachel Keke saw heaps of them, on May 25, 2021, at the exit of the Ibis-Batignolles hotel, in Paris, who came to immortalize her victory and that of her nineteen other colleagues against the Accor group and its sub -dealing with STN cleanup, thus ending twenty-two months of conflict.
Long “invisible”
This mother of five children, with easy and simple contact, has not always lived in the Paris region. Born in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, she arrived in France at the age of 26, in 2000, after the military coup that overthrew Henri Konan Bédié. She was first a hairdresser, a maid, then a governess, before being naturalized in 2015. Rachel Keke has long been a « invisible », like those workers who toil in the shade of offices. During her conflict with her employer, she denounced the unpaid overtime, the infernal pace, and the violence of subcontracting which, for her, amounts to “abuse”.
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