The craftsman distinguished himself by leading a hunger strike for the regularization of his Guinean apprentice, then by organizing a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine.
His notoriety dates from January 2021, when he went on a hunger strike for the regularization of his Guinean apprentice. The Besançon baker Stéphane Ravacley announced on Saturday that he would be a candidate for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19. “Many of us are disappointed by the first round of the presidential election, and we cannot sit idly byThis 53-year-old political novice told the press on Saturday to justify his candidacy.
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“It is high time to have representatives who look like us. I am presenting myself to propose that you elect, for the first time, a baker to the Assembly“, Continued the one who will present himself in the second constituency of Doubs, currently held by the deputy LREM Eric Alauzet.
Candidacy on the left
Stéphane Ravacley called on the Socialist Party, Europe-Ecologie Les Verts, La France Insoumise and the Communist Party to support him. “I want the addition of the lefts“, did he declare. The Socialist Party, through Nabia Hakkar-Boyer, PS regional councilor for Franche Comté, has already said to itself “very committedto support his candidacy. Discussions have also been initiated with environmentalists.
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Stéphane Ravacley had led a ten-day hunger strike in 2021 to protest against the possible expulsion of his Guinean apprentice, Laye Fodé Traoré, an isolated minor who had not obtained a residence permit when he came of age. The situation of the young man had finally been regularized by the prefecture of Haute-Saône.
In February, the day after the Russian offensive in Ukraine, he appealed for donations to help Ukrainians. He had thus collected more than 200 cubic meters of equipment and foodstuffs, conveyed by 15 trucks to Ukraine.