The case dates from November 2017, but it surprisingly pushed the mayor of the 4e Marseille sector, which covers the 6e et 8e boroughs, to give up his chair six years later and almost three after his election. Pierre Benarroche, 63, was not present, Thursday, April 13, during the extraordinary council held in the beautiful town hall of the Bagatelle sector (8e). Elected on the lists of Printemps Marseille, the left-wing, environmentalist and citizen coalition which won the city in June 2020, this former executive of a social housing provider has not communicated since he announced his resignation, Friday April 7, at his running mate then in a press release.
He therefore did not attend the election of Olivia Fortin to his post. Head of the Printemps Marseille list in the sector, Mme Fortin, 45, creator of the citizen movement Mad Mars, had created the surprise by winning this town hall historically on the right. Surprise all the greater as this event specialist faced the president Les Républicains (LR) of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis and favorite of the ballot, Martine Vassal. Having become Mr. Payan’s fourth assistant, Olivia Fortin had, as Printemps Marseille had promised, left the management of the sector to a “full-time mayor”: Mr. Benarroche, also a member of Mad Mars and just as novice in politics.
Thursday, the group of Mme Vassal did not move, believing that after the Tivoli Street disaster – eight dead in the collapse of a building on Sunday April 7 – “the sequence could have waited”. The only opponent present, the elected member of the National Rally (RN) Bernard Marandat voted null.
Eleven testimonials
In his letter of resignation as in front of his running mate, Pierre Benarroche, who did not respond to requests from the Monde, mentions, as the cause of his departure, “a rumor that brings out a painful episode”. In this case, a dismissal almost six years old ” SO [qu’il travaillait] for private ». Elements revealed by the Marsactu.fr media shed light on the matter. In November 2017, Logirem, a social landlord for whom the architect has worked for twenty-two years, began proceedings against him for “serious misconduct”. The dismissal letter, The world was able to consult, evoke “an inappropriate and recurring behavior against collaborators”.
According to this letter, the employer supports his certainties with a “inappropriate behavior” on an internal investigation that brings together eleven testimonies. At the time, Mr. Benarroche firmly denies the accusations and triggers industrial tribunal proceedings for “wrongful dismissal”. The procedure will not go to the public hearing. The lawyer of the future elected representative proposes a conciliation. Compensation of 58,000 euros will be paid, but, in the minutes that seal the agreement, Logirem will maintain that the dismissal was caused by “serious misconduct”.
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