Overview
- Speaking on RTL and BFMTV on December 15, Kessaci shifted from private mourning to public advocacy one month after Mehdi Kessaci’s assassination in Marseille.
- He criticized the absence of prominent local artists, particularly rappers, from recent demonstrations and called on them to take a stand.
- He voiced searing guilt over his brother’s death, stating he would have taken the bullets himself, yet said staying silent would have given the killers what they wanted.
- He urged the creation of a citizen convention involving professionals, consumers, and residents to draft a national anti-narcotrafficking plan.
- He framed narcotrafficking as an international issue with networks sometimes run from abroad and condemned the ‘slavery’ of young dealers as the investigation into the killing continues.